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English B1Musa Wants to Try Everything
Musa enjoys cycling, and now he has decided to try winter swimming. Morten advises him not to rush. After enjoy, finish, avoid we use -ing; after want, decide, hope we use to.
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What you will learn
Verb + -ing or to + verb
English dialogue
musa: I really enjoy cycling, even in the snow.
morten: I know! You never stop talking about your bike.
musa: Now I want to try something new. I have decided to go winter swimming!
morten: In the fjord? In January?
morten: I suggest starting slowly. Avoid staying in the water too long.
musa: Don’t worry. I hope to stay in for one minute.
musa: Brrr! I can’t stand being so cold!
morten: You promised to stay for a minute. It has been ten seconds!
musa: Okay, I finished swimming. That was amazing!
morten: Would you like to have some hot cocoa?
musa: Next week I plan to try ice fishing.
morten: Of course you do. You love doing crazy things!
Words from this lesson
| enjoy doing | enjoy doing |
| cycling | cycling |
| stop talking | stop talking |
| want to | want to |
| try | try |
| decide to | decide to |
| winter swimming | winter swimming |
| fjord | fjord |
| suggest doing | suggest doing |
| slowly | slowly |
| avoid | avoid |
| hope to | hope to |
| can’t stand | can’t stand |
| promise to | promise to |
| second | second |
| finish | finish |
| amazing | amazing |
| hot cocoa | hot cocoa |
| plan to | plan to |
| ice fishing | ice fishing |
| crazy | crazy |