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A COMMON MISTAKE

“I enjoy to swim.”

What's wrong? Choose the right one.

WHY to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest

enjoy, mind, keep, suggest, risk and spend time take -ing: I enjoy swimming.

Not: I enjoy to swim.

Say: I enjoy swimming.

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Questions where people make this mistake.

THE QUESTIONS
  1. The guide suggested ______ the museum before the crowds arrived.visiting · visit · to visiting · to visit
  2. Would you mind ______ me some advice about healthy food?to give · give · giving · gave
  3. Would you mind ______ the window? I feel a bit sick.to open · opening · open
  4. We spent the afternoon ______ the caves near the beach.to explore · exploring · explore · explored
  5. They keep ______ about their trip to the mountains.talk · talking · to talk
  6. We risked ______ our flight because we left the hotel so late.to miss · missing · miss
Show the answers
  1. visitingnot visit: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to visit: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggestnot to visiting: to + an -ing word
  2. givingnot give: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to give: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest
  3. openingnot open: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to open: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest
  4. exploringnot explore: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to explore: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest
  5. talkingnot talk: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to talk: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest
  6. missingnot miss: the verb with no to and no -ingnot to miss: to after enjoy, mind, keep, suggest