Unit 1: Entertaining Myself
Summary: Let’s Have Fun
Key points
- Leisure activities are the things we do for fun in our free time: fishing, swimming, gardening, riding a bike, going camping, visiting museums.
- We say what we like with like, love and enjoy, and what we don’t like with don’t like and hate.
- After these verbs, the second verb takes -ing: I enjoy reading.
- With he / she, add -s: She likes drawing. He enjoys fishing.
- Because gives the reason and answers the question why.
Rules to remember
like / enjoy + verb-ing
I like swimming. We love dancing. I hate playing computer games all day.
Spelling of -ing
read ➡️ reading; ride ➡️ riding (remove e); swim ➡️ swimming (double the letter).
because
I like gardening because I love flowers.
How to do it
- Choose the activity.
- Choose like, love, enjoy, don’t like or hate.
- Add -ing to the activity verb.
- Add because + a reason.
Example
My favourite activity is riding a bike. I enjoy it because it is fast and fun.
Common mistakes
- *I like swim.* ➡️ I like swimming.
- *She enjoy reading.* ➡️ She enjoys reading.
- *I enjoy to dance.* ➡️ I enjoy dancing.
Key words
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