NATIONAL INTERCULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF THE CENTRAL
JUNGLE JUAN SANTOS
ATAHUALPA
School of Administrative
Sciences
International Business
Administration
“VERB PATTERNS”
2023
OBJECTIVE OF
THE LESSON
To conceptualize and
explain Verb patterns.
Do it now. Sometimes "later" becomes "never“.
How does “Verb patterns” help
CHALLENGING QUESTION to improve communication
skills in English?
Here are four verb patterns.
1. VERB + TO + INFINITIVE
They want to buy a new car.
I’d like to go abroad
2. VERB + -ING
We love going to parties.
I enjoy travelling abroad.
3. VERB +-ING OR TO INFINITE
WITH NO CHANGE IN MEANING
It started to rain/raining.
I continued to
work/working in the
library.
4. VERB +PREPOSITION + -ING
We’re thinking of moving
house.
I’m looking forward to having
more free time.
LIKE DOING AND WOULD LIKE TO DO
1. Like doing and love doing express a general
enjoyment.
I like working as a teacher = I am a teacher and I
enjoy it.
I love dancing = This is one of my hobbies.
2. WOULD LIKE TO DO AND WOULD LOVE TO
DO EXPRESS A PREFERENCE NOW OR AT A
SPECIFIC TIME .
I´d like to be a teacher = When a grow up, I
want to be a teacher.
Thanks I´d love to dance = At a party, I´m
pleased you asked me.
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO • YES, I WOULD / YES, I´D
DANCE? LOVE TO.
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME • YES, I WOULD / NO. THANK
FOR A WALK? YOU.
NOTE,I WOULDN'T IS NOT COMMON because it
is impolite.
In these sentences, one or two verbs are correct.
Hope and ambitions
Write a sentence about each of these people's ambitions
Complete the sentences with the infinitive or the -
ing form. Sometimes both are possible.