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1 Present and past
1 Present continuous (I am doing) 2 Present simple (I do) 3 Present continuous and present simple 1 (I am doing and I do) 4 Present continuous and present simple 2 (I am doing and I do) 5 Past simple (I did) 6 Past continuous (I was doing)
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2 Present perfect and past
7 Present perfect 1 (I have done) 8 Present perfect 2 (I have done) 9 Present perfect continuous (I have been doing) 10 Present perfect continuous and simple (I have been doing and I have done) 11 how long have you (been) … ? 12 for and since when … ? and how long … ? 13 Present perfect and past 1 (I have done and I did) 14 Present perfect and past 2 (I have done and I did) 15 Past perfect (I had done) 16 Past perfect continuous (I had been doing) 17 have and have got 18 used to (do)
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3 Future
19 Present tenses (I am doing / I do) for the future 20 I’m going to (do) 21 will and shall 1 22 will and shall 2 23 I will and I’m going to 24 will be doing and will have done 25 when I do and when I’ve done if and when
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4 Modals
26 can, could and (be) able to 27 could (do) and could have (done) 28 must and can’t 29 may and might 1 30 may and might 2 31 have to and must 32 must mustn’t needn’t 33 should 1 34 should 2 35 I’d better … it’s time … 36 would 37 can/could/would you … ? etc. (Requests, offers, permission and invitations)
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9 -ing and to …
53 Verb + -ing (enjoy doing / stop doing etc.) 54 Verb + to … (decide to … / forget to … etc.) 55 Verb (+ object) + to … (I want you to …) 56 Verb + -ing or to … 1 (remember, regret etc.) 57 Verb + -ing or to … 2 (try, need, help) 58 Verb + -ing or to … 3 (like / would like etc.) 59 prefer and would rather 60 Preposition (in/for/about etc.) + -ing 61 be/get used to … (I’m used to …) 62 Verb + preposition + -ing (succeed in -ing / insist on -ing etc.) 63 there’s no point in -ing, it’s worth -ing etc. 64 to … , for … and so that … 65 Adjective + to … 66 to … (afraid to do) and preposition + -ing (afraid of -ing) 67 see somebody do and see somebody doing 68 -ing clauses (He hurt his knee playing football.)
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11 Pronouns and determiners
82 myself/yourself/themselves etc. 83 a friend of mine my own house on my own / by myself 84 there … and it … 85 some and any 86 no/none/any nothing/nobody etc. 87 much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty 88 all / all of most / most of no / none of etc. 89 both / both of neither / neither of either / either of 90 all every whole 91 each and every
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12 Relative clauses
92 Relative clauses 1: clauses with who/that/which 93 Relative clauses 2: clauses with and without who/that/which 94 Relative clauses 3: whose/whom/where 95 Relative clauses 4: extra information clauses (1) 96 Relative clauses 5: extra information clauses (2) 97 -ing and -ed clauses (the woman talking to Tom, the boy injured in the accident)
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13 Adjectives and adverbs (copy)
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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13 Adjectives and adverbs
98 Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 99 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 100 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly) 101 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well, fast, late, hard/hardly) 102 so and such 103 enough and too 104 quite, pretty, rather and fairly 105 Comparative 1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.) 106 Comparative 2 (much better / any better etc.) 107 Comparative 3 (as … as / than) 108 Superlative (the longest, the most enjoyable etc.) 109 Word order 1: verb + object; place and time 110 Word order 2: adverbs with the verb 111 still any more yet already 112 even
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14 Conjunctions and prepositions
113 although though even though in spite of despite 114 in case 115 unless as long as provided 116 as (as I walked … / as I was … etc.) 117 like and as 118 like as if 119 during for while 120 by and until by the time …
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15 Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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16 Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Prepositions
121 at/on/in (time) 122 on time and in time at the end and in the end 123 in/at/on (position) 1 124 in/at/on (position) 2 125 in/at/on (position) 3 126 to, at, in and into 127 in/on/at (other uses) 128 by 129 Noun + preposition (reason for, cause of etc.) 130 Adjective + preposition 1 131 Adjective + preposition 2 132 Verb + preposition 1 to and at 133 Verb + preposition 2 about/for/of/after 134 Verb + preposition 3 about and of 135 Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on 136 Verb + preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
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Phrasal verbs
137 Phrasal verbs 1 Introduction 138 Phrasal verbs 2 in/out 139 Phrasal verbs 3 out 140 Phrasal verbs 4 on/off (1) 141 Phrasal verbs 5 on/off (2) 142 Phrasal verbs 6 up/down 143 Phrasal verbs 7 up (1) 144 Phrasal verbs 8 up (2) 145 Phrasal verbs 9 away/back
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Irregular Verbs
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Unit 58: Verb + -ing or to… 3 (like / would like etc.)


A. like / love / hate

Коли ми говоримо про повторювані дії, після цих дієслів можна використовувати як -ing, так і to + infinitive без зміни значення.

Приклади:

  • Do you like getting up early? або Do you like to get up early?
    (Тобі подобається вставати рано?)
  • Stephanie hates flying. або Stephanie hates to fly.
    (Стефані ненавидить літати.)
  • I love meeting people. або I love to meet people.
    (Я люблю знайомитися з людьми.)

Але є два особливі випадки:


1) Ми використовуємо -ing, коли говоримо про ситуацію, яка вже існує.

Приклади:

  • Paul lives in Berlin now. He likes living there.
    (Пол зараз живе в Берліні. Йому подобається жити там.)
  • Do you like being a student?
    (Тобі подобається бути студентом?)
  • The office I worked in was horrible. I hated working there.
    (Офіс, в якому я працював, був жахливим. Я ненавидів там працювати.)

2) Відмінність між “I like doing” та “I like to do”

Фраза Значення Приклад
I like doing something Я це роблю і отримую задоволення I like cleaning the kitchen. (Я люблю прибирати на кухні.)
I like to do something Я вважаю за краще це робити (але не обов’язково мені подобається) I like to clean the kitchen as often as possible. (Я прибираю кухню так часто, як можу.)

⚠️ Важливо!
Після enjoy та mind використовується тільки -ing форма:
I enjoy cleaning the kitchen. (Мені подобається прибирати кухню.)
I enjoy to clean the kitchen. (✖ неправильно)
I don’t mind cleaning the kitchen. (Я не проти прибирати кухню.)


B. would like / would love / would hate / would prefer

Після цих виразів завжди використовуємо to + infinitive.

Приклади:

  • I’d like to go away for a few days.
    (Я б хотів поїхати на кілька днів.)
  • What would you like to do this evening?
    (Що б ти хотів зробити сьогодні ввечері?)
  • I wouldn’t like to go on holiday alone.
    (Я б не хотів поїхати у відпустку один.)
  • I’d love to meet your family.
    (Я б дуже хотів познайомитися з твоєю сім’єю.)
  • Would you prefer to eat now or later?
    (Ти б віддав перевагу поїсти зараз чи пізніше?)

Порівняння: I like vs. I would like

Фраза Значення Приклад
I like doing something Мені подобається робити це загалом I like playing tennis. (Я люблю грати в теніс.)
I would like to do something Я хочу зробити це зараз I’d like to play tennis today. (Я хочу пограти в теніс сьогодні.)

⚠️ Після “Would you mind” завжди використовується -ing форма:
Would you mind closing the door, please? (Ви не заперечуєте закрити двері?)
Would you mind to close the door? (✖ неправильно)


C. would like to have done something (вираз жалю)

“Would like to have done” означає, що ми шкодуємо про щось, що не відбулося в минулому.

Приклади:

  • It’s a shame we didn’t see Anna. I would like to have seen her again.
    (Шкода, що ми не бачили Анну. Я б хотів побачити її знову.)
  • We’d like to have gone away, but we were too busy at home.
    (Ми б хотіли поїхати, але були занадто зайняті вдома.)

Таку ж структуру можна використовувати з “would love”, “would hate” та “would prefer”:

  • Poor David! I would hate to have been in his position.
    (Бідний Девід! Я б не хотів опинитися на його місці.)
  • I’d love to have gone to the party, but it was impossible.
    (Я б хотів піти на вечірку, але це було неможливо.)

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Термін Пояснення українською
I like doing Я отримую задоволення від цього (процес).
I like to do Я вважаю за краще це робити (звичка).
Would like to do Я хочу зробити це зараз або в майбутньому.
Would like to have done Я шкодую, що не зробив цього в минулому.
Would mind doing Бути не проти щось зробити.
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