Topic 27
ENJOY : LIKE : AMUSE
These verbs may be used with a direct object.
* I enjoyed the
party very much.
* I liked the
people I met there.
* The games we played there amused
me very much.
Enjoy and amuse are used with the reflexive pronouns.
* They seem to be enjoying
themselves.
* How do you amuse
yourselves on winter evening?
Like may be used
with an infinitive or a gerund. Enjoy is used with a gerund
but not with an infinitive.
* Do you like (enjoy)
playing tennis?
* Do you like to
read in bed?
Note that the infinitive, not the gerund is preferred after would/should
like
* Would you like
to go for a walk?
* I should like
to know what he has been doing.