Verbs

-ing form

Use the -ing form to express likes/dislikes after the verbs like, love, prefer, enjoy and hate.

• I love singing.
• I prefer going to the cinema to watching videos.

We also use the -ing form after the verbs admit, deny, keep, (don't) mind, start and stop.

• She admits stealing the bag but denies taking the money.

The -ing form is used after all prepositions. Certain verbs and adjectives take certain prepositions.

Verb + preposition + -ing	Adjective + preposition + -ing
to agree with, to believe in to insist on, to think of to be arrested for, to be accused of	to be good/bad at, to be interested in to be proud of, to be ashamed of, to be afraid of to be bored with, to be fed up with

To make suggestions, use the -ing form after how about, what about, do you fancy...?

What about How about Do you fancy

going out?