grammar · neutral

Feel like + V-ing

Band 5-6speakingtask1

To want to do something at the moment; to be in the mood for something.

Examples

“I feel like going for a walk.”

“Do you feel like eating out tonight?”

“Sometimes I feel like staying at home and reading.”

Band 8 sentence

“After a long week, I really feel like doing nothing but resting and watching movies.”

Collocations

  • feel like + V-ing
  • don't feel like + V-ing

Word family

feel verbfeeling noun

Common mistakes

I feel like to go out.→I feel like going out.

Do you feel like eat now?→Do you feel like eating now?

Say it for a higher band

5want to + V→6would like to + V→7+feel like + V-ing

Synonyms

be in the mood for + noun/V-ing

want to + V

Easily confused

feel like + V-ing vs want to + V

“I want to travel the world someday.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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In Gerunds & infinitives

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