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Hobbies we enjoy doing

Hobbies we enjoy doing

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Do you have any hobbies you'd like to start doing? Beth and Neil talk about things they enjoy and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of -ing verbs and infinitives. Learn which verbs to use when we have two verbs together in English.

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1.want/need/learn/decide/offer/hope + to + infinitive miss/enjoy/suggest/avoid/fancy + -ing verb 2. phrasal verb/preposition + -ing verb 3. -ing verb as the subject of a sentence

Sep 30th
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