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- Không cần tra từ khi đang đọc: Tiếng Anh, ngay cả tiếng Việt, hay bất kì một ngôn ngữ nào khác, khi đọc sẽ gặp rất nhiều từ mới. Trong trường hợp này, nhờ vào ngữ cảnh mà có thể đoán được từ. | 20e -ING FORMS GERUNDS and modifiers Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http www.simpopdf.com 8. I really love-------------------- go to the movies. 9. She considered take a trip to Venezuela. 10. She considers travel be the best form of education. 20e. -ing after a preposition gerund in a noun phrase -ing phrases since they are noun forms are used after prepositions at about in on of by for with etc . My mother was a magician at stretching a dollar. I had robbed her of the pleasure of seeing me astonished. The negative is formed with not after the preposition She was excited about not having to go to work. When a verb phrase is itself regularly followed by a particular preposition a noun phrase or an -ing verbal serves as the object of the preposition. EXAMPLE complain about He complained about his unfair treatment. He complained about his being treated unfairly. COMMON VERBS PREPOSITION ING concentrate on be proud of thank someone for be responsible for blame someone for be aware of apologize for be ashamed of insist on be excited about worry about be interested in 20f. -ing after to as a preposition Pay special attention to these expressions with to look forward to admit to be accustomed to get accustomed to be used to get used to 226 20f -ING AFTER TO AS A PREPOSITION Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http www.simpopdf.com You might expect to find the simple form of the verb after to that is the infinitive form . In these cases however to is a preposition and so it is followed by a noun phrase and thus when appropriate by an -ing verbal noun phrase I am looking forward to my vacation. I am looking forward to traveling around Italy. He is used to American culture and customs. He is used to living in America. Take care not to confuse this last sentence in form or meaning with the following He used to live in America. This tells us that he lived there in the past but he doesn t live there anymore. The sentence He is used to living in .