[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-e09a-7088-9b80-c74b019b7921":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b7013-1ad3-7755-af13-49f9a7613e00":104},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":103},"01a0e1ab-e09a-7088-9b80-c74b019b7921","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b7013-1ad3-7755-af13-49f9a7613e00","Sort Verb Patterns and the Meanings of Stop","Tap each tile, then tap its column. Place every tile before checking your answers.","Verb patterns: sort -ing and infinitives","Sort verbs and short phrases by their -ing and infinitive patterns, check common errors, and distinguish stopping an activity from pausing to act.",5,"word_sort",[13,40,61,84],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-e09a-7220-9b80-c74b01b38c0a","Sort these verbs by the form of the next verb when the subject does both actions.",0,"The first verb determines the pattern: enjoy, finish, practise and avoid take -ing; decide, hope, plan and promise take to + base verb. The intended meaning alone does not determine the form. For example: We hope to win, but we avoid taking risks.",[],{"items":20,"categories":39},[21,24,26,28,30,33,35,37],{"text":22,"category":23},"enjoy","Verb + -ing",{"text":25,"category":23},"finish",{"text":27,"category":23},"practise",{"text":29,"category":23},"avoid",{"text":31,"category":32},"decide","Verb + to-infinitive",{"text":34,"category":32},"hope",{"text":36,"category":32},"plan",{"text":38,"category":32},"promise",[23,32],{"id":41,"sentenceTemplate":42,"displayOrder":43,"explanation":44,"blanks":45,"payload":46},"01a0e1ab-e09a-72a4-9b80-c74b023fe968","For talking about your own activities, sort these verbs by whether they take only -ing or allow both patterns.",1,"Like, love and hate allow both -ing and to + infinitive, often with little difference in meaning. Enjoy, mind and finish take -ing instead. A preference meaning does not make every verb behave like like. For example: I hate washing dishes, and I hate to wash dishes are both possible.",[],{"items":47,"categories":60},[48,51,53,55,57,59],{"text":49,"category":50},"like","Both -ing and to-infinitive",{"text":52,"category":50},"love",{"text":54,"category":50},"hate",{"text":22,"category":56},"-ing only",{"text":58,"category":56},"mind",{"text":25,"category":56},[50,56],{"id":62,"sentenceTemplate":63,"displayOrder":64,"explanation":65,"blanks":66,"payload":67},"01a0e1ab-e09a-7308-9b80-c74b02443f39","Sort these short phrases by whether the second verb has the correct form.",2,"After to, use the base verb, not an -ing form. After enjoy and finish, use -ing rather than to + verb. Negatives do not change these patterns. For example: We did not finish packing, but we decided to leave.",[],{"items":68,"categories":83},[69,72,74,76,79,81],{"text":70,"category":71},"need to rest","Correct verb pattern",{"text":73,"category":71},"do not mind sharing",{"text":75,"category":71},"want to dance",{"text":77,"category":78},"hope to finding","Incorrect verb pattern",{"text":80,"category":78},"enjoy to draw",{"text":82,"category":78},"finished to write",[71,78],{"id":85,"sentenceTemplate":86,"displayOrder":87,"explanation":88,"blanks":89,"payload":90},"01a0e1ab-e09a-7384-9b80-c74b027c5bc0","Sort each phrase by what happens to the activity named after stopped.",3,"Stopped + -ing means the named activity ends; it need not end permanently. Stopped + to-infinitive means another activity pauses so that the named action can happen. For example: During the game, Jo stopped playing to answer the phone: playing ended, and answering was the reason for the pause.",[],{"items":91,"categories":102},[92,95,97,100],{"text":93,"category":94},"stopped laughing","The named activity ends",{"text":96,"category":94},"stopped dancing",{"text":98,"category":99},"stopped to check the address","A pause to do the named action",{"text":101,"category":99},"stopped to tie a shoe",[94,99],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_6f880feb-be19-4373-a82d-b82711fdc603_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":105,"slug":106,"language":107,"level":108},"Verb + -ing \u002F Infinitive: like, want, would like","verb-ing-infinitive-like-want-would-like","en","A2"]