Prepositions and ING form

Just to remind you...

• You use "ING" forms after:
• Prepositions (IN, AT, OF, FOR, ABOUT, WITH, WITHOUT, etc.) or expressions ending in prepositions ( IN SPITE OF, INSTEAD OF, etc)

Slide 2

• Ex:
• Are you interested in buying that house?
• He is good at learning languages.
• I'm tired of doing this every morning.
• Thanks for coming.
• What do you think about going out tonight?
• Aren't you fed up with doing the same thing every day?
• You can't go in there without paying.
• Mary went to work in spite of having a terrible headache.
• Why don't you save money instead of buying this?

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• NOTE:
• "TO" can be part of the infinitive, but it can also be a preposition. When "TO" is a preposition, the verb that follows it takes the "ING" form.
• EX:
• I'm looking forward to seeing her again.

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• "Before" and "After"
• (used as prepositions or adverbs)
• EX:
• We want to make some phone calls before leaving.
• But you can also say:
• We want to make some phone calls before we leave.