Lesson XXVI: ING-AF in the Object Block Position

C. ING-AF in the Object Position C.1. ING-AF with Actions Like BEGIN, FINISH, ENJOY, etc. Previous pattern: I wanted TO SING. Situation: What I DISLIKE I try to AVOID. Yet what I ENJOY, I LIKE/CONSIDER to BEGIN/START and CONTINUE/KEEP doing as long as I can. Soon or later, I must STOP/FINISH/GET THROUGH WITH it. However, there are some things I CAN’T HELP doing. New pattern: S-Block A-Block Rng-Block … … ING-AF I ENJOYED SINGING. I CONTINUED SINGING. I FINISHED SINGING. Exercise: C.1.1. Practice ING-AF in the Receiving Block Position Substitute the following words. For example: Betty considered dancing . enjoys BETTY ENJOYS DANCING . kept on BETTY KEPT ON DANCING . working BETTY KEPT ON WORKING . 1. insisted on 8. enjoy 15. can't help 2. stopped 9. I 16. Betty 3. the boys 10. kept on 17. continued 4. avoided 11. laughing 18. dancing 5. studying 12. started 19. got through with 6. finished 13. the baby 20. considered 7. eating 14. crying 21. walking