This document discusses how to express feelings in English using different verbs followed by a "-ing" verb form. It provides examples of using "like", "love", "enjoy", and "hate" followed by a verb in the "-ing" form to indicate feelings about actions. It also discusses using the expression "can't stand" followed by a verb in the "-ing" form to indicate strong dislike for something. The document is presented as part of an online course on expressing feelings in English.

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Sandrine Lafontant Diaz
Educación a Distancia
TALKING
ABOUT
FEELINGS

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Expressing our feelings is part of our
daily life, we use different verbs
depending on the feeling.
We use a specific structure for this kind
of verbs.

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LIKE + VERB -ING
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The verb LIKE means “gustar” in spanish.
We use it when we want to talk about an action we feel positive about.
For example:
I like playing soccer.
I like talking to her.
She likes sleeping for hours.

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LOVE + VERB -ING
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The verb LOVE means “amar” in spanish. It is a much stronger Word than
like.
We use it when we want to show how passionate we are about an action.
For example:
I love watching horror movies.
She loves drinking beer.
They love writing novels.

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ENJOY + VERB -ING
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The verb ENJOY means “disfrutar” in spanish.
We use it when we want to show that we find pleasure or satisfaction in
what we are doing.
For example:
I enjoy singing in the shower.
We enjoy going camping.
He enjoyes watching the stars.

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HATE + VERB -ING
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The verb HATE means “odiar” in spanish.
We use it when we want to show that we do not like something at all.
For example:
I hate working out.
I hate cooking soup.
She hates cleaning the house.

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CAN’T STAND +
VERB -ING
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The expression CAN’T STAND means “no soportar” in spanish.
We use it when we want to show that we do not like something and even
cannot be around it.
For example:
They can’t stand eating nopales.
I can’t stand showering cold water.
She can’t stand talking to you. .
With this expression in the third singular
Person we do not add “s” or “es” because
We have the modal verb “can’t”.

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Créditos
Tecnológico nacional de México
Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Coordinación del Área de
Educación a Distancia