 Re: How to explain: Would you like to play / would you like playing
Hi,
Here in France, kids are taught that after verbs that deal with tastes (love, hate, like, etc.) the following verbs automatically takes the gerund. We tell them they can find the infinitive but that they, as students, have to use the gerund.
Now, it is not the same with WOULD LIKE because WOULD LIKE is NOT considered as a "taste verb" but a "will verb" (verbe de volonté, in French), just like WANT, EXPECT, ASK, ALLOW, FORBID, INVITE, ADVISE, etc. Sentences with those verbs are called "infinitive propositions" which means they are always built with TO ( Will verb + TO + Verb).
Anyway, that's what we teach French kids, hope it helps.
Regards, |