1. Like, Love, Hate, Enjoy with the Infinitive and Gerund

2. The Infinitive: to + verb
Examples of infinitives:
to talk to run to see to wash
to walk to think to listen to to hug
to watch to write to put to sing
to tell to read to dance to whistle
to worry to prepare to clean to love
to study to cook to cry to shake

3. Like, Love, Hate + Infinitive
Like + infinitive
Examples:
I like to watch TV on Saturday mornings.
My father likes to take photos with his new smart phone.
Love + infinitive
Mr. Smith loves to swim in salt water.
We love to go to the movies on the weekend.
Hate + infinitive
Mark and his girlfriend hate to dance.
They hate to stay home on the weekend.

4. The Gerund: A gerund is verb that acts like a noun.
Examples of gerunds:
talking running seeing washing
walking thinking listening to hugging
watching writing putting singing
tell ing reading dancing whistling
worrying preparing cleaning loving
studying cooking crying shaking

5. Like, Love, Hate + Gerund Like + gerund Love + gerund Hate + gerund
Examples:
I like watching TV on Saturday mornings.
My father likes taking photos with his new smart phone.
Love + gerund
Mr. Smith loves swimming in salt water.
We love going to the movies on the weekend.
Hate + gerund
Mark and his girlfriend hate dancing.
They hate staying home on the weekend.

6. Enjoy: We use enjoy only with the gerund.
Enjoy + gerund
I enjoy watching soccer on TV.
Tom and Abe enjoy swimming in cold water.
Mary enjoys speaking French to her French teacher.

7. Incorrect Use (Wrong):
Examples:
WRONG
We like to going to the cinema.
CORRECT
We like to go to the cinema Or
We like going to the cinema.

8. A gerund is a noun. Examples:
I like traveling around the world. (traveling: noun)
I like ice cream. (ice cream: noun)
Susie loves listening to music on her I-phone. (listening to: noun)
Susie loves long dresses. (dresses: noun)
We hate washing dishes. (washing: noun)
We hate liver. (liver: noun)
Sally and Tom enjoy walking for long hours. (walking: noun)
Sally and Tom enjoy pizza with a lot of cheese. (pizza: noun)