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She enjoys to play / playing tennis?

By , About.com GuideSeptember 18, 2012

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The correct answer is: She enjoys playing tennis. This is an example of a verb that is followed by a gerund - the 'ing' form of the verb. On the other hand a verb such as 'hope' takes the infinitive form of the verb:

She hopes to visit her parents soon.

Unfortunately, as is the case with irregular verbs, there is no fixed rule for knowing whether a verb takes a gerund or the infinitive. You can improve your understanding by using this gerund or infinitive tool to check and by testing your knowledge with this interactive quiz.

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September 28, 2012 at 1:55 am
(1) Mai Phan says:

This lesson is really interesting and useful for my teaching . Thank you very much .

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