love | hate | prefer + VERB-ing | to-INFINITVE – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 Point 19 VERBS/patterns is defined as:

verbs expressing preference followed either by a ‘to’-infinitive or an ‘-ing’ form, with no change in meaning.

For example:

I prefer to hand in my notice.

listen

*Much of this grammar overlaps A2 Modality, for example, “I would love to share with you.”

A search in iWeb for

LOVE _VVG

1 LOVE SEEING 14175 2 LOVE USING 13703 3 LOVE WORKING 12762 4 LOVE MAKING 11617 5 LOVE PLAYING 10034 6 LOVE READING 9146 7 LOVE GETTING 9018 8 LOVE WATCHING 8699 9 LOVE GOING 7941 10 LOVE HEARING 7123 11 LOVE TAKING 4406 12 LOVE COMING 3919 13 LOVE LOOKING 3576 14 LOVE LEARNING 3447 15 LOVE HELPING 3430 16 LOVE LIVING 3313

17 LOVE SHARING 3289

18 LOVED SEEING 3200 19 LOVED READING 3173

20 LOVE WEARING 3044

1 PREFER USING 5711 2 PREFER WORKING 1598 3 PREFER GOING 753 4 PREFER PLAYING 725 5 PREFER GETTING 567 6 PREFER TAKING 547 7 PREFER READING 542 8 PREFER MAKING 522 9 PREFER WATCHING 512 10 PREFER BUYING 461 11 PREFER LIVING 435 12 PREFER STAYING 366 13 PREFERRED USING 355 14 PREFER EATING 353

15 PREFER KEEPING 336

16 PREFER WEARING 334 17 PREFER SHOPPING 282 18 PREFER WRITING 282 19 PREFERS BATTING 280

20 PREFER LISTENING 278

1 HATE GOING 1670 2 HATE SEEING 1658 3 HATE USING 1218 4 HATE GETTING 1205 5 HATE TAKING 714 6 HATE WORKING 652 7 HATE WAITING 620

8 HATE LOSING 607

9 HATE WASTING 603 10 HATE MAKING 564 11 HATE PAYING 559 12 HATE WEARING 529 13 HATE FEELING 519 14 HATE HEARING 486 15 HATE PLAYING 484 16 HATE SAYING 446 17 HATE TALKING 425 18 HATE DEALING 385 19 HATE READING 385

20 HATE WRITING 369

HATE to _VVI

1 HATE TO SEE 8477 2 HATE TO SAY 8206 3 HATE TO THINK 3006 4 HATE TO ADMIT 2790

5 HATE TO BREAK 1920

6 HATE TO LOSE 1249 7 HATE TO TELL 1168

8 HATE TO SOUND 913

9 HATE TO USE 886 10 HATE TO HEAR 825 11 HATE TO GET 818 12 HATE TO GIVE 723 13 HATE TO GO 719 14 HATE TO WASTE 557 15 HATE TO LEAVE 493 16 HATE TO MAKE 493 17 HATE TO BURST 474

18 HATE TO THROW 470

19 HATED TO SEE 469

20 HATE TO ASK 433

1 PREFER TO USE 22115
2 PREFER TO KEEP 6777 3 PREFER TO WORK 5406 4 PREFER TO SEE 5187 5 PREFER TO STAY 4180 6 PREFER TO GO 3711 7 PREFER TO TAKE 3553 8 PREFER TO MAKE 3467 9 PREFER TO GET 3258 10 PREFER TO BUY 2969 11 PREFER TO LIVE 2771 12 PREFER TO AVOID 2716

13 PREFER TO CALL 2516

14 PREFER TO PLAY 2283 15 PREFER TO THINK 2103

16 PREFER TO SPEND 2055

17 PREFER TO PAY 2027 18 PREFER TO EAT 1628 19 PREFER TO LEAVE 1576

20 PREFER TO RECEIVE 1567

1 LOVE TO SEE 78628 2 LOVE TO HEAR 74238 3 LOVE TO KNOW 21060 4 LOVE TO GET 18660 5 LOVE TO PLAY 10661 6 LOVE TO MAKE 10591 7 LOVE TO GO 10494 8 LOVE TO READ 9623 9 LOVE TO HELP 9537

10 LOVE TO TRY 9332 (changes in meaning)

11 LOVE TO USE 8903

12 LOVE TO SHARE 7836

That is the moment I love to share with others.

13 LOVE TO TAKE 6297 14 LOVE TO TRAVEL 6201 15 LOVE TO WORK 6075 16 LOVE TO TALK 5935 17 LOVE TO LEARN 5687 18 LOVE TO GIVE 5539 19 LOVE TO FIND 5421

20 LOVE TO EAT 5126

A2 Vocabulary:

break, call, hate, hated, keep, keeping, lose, losing, prefer, preferred, prefers,

receive, share, sharing, sound, spend, throw, try