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Preposition (in/for/about ete.) + -ing
If a preposition (in/for/about ete.) is řollowed by a verb. the verb ends in -ing:

preposition
A re you inrerested T in not very good Sue must be fed up W hat are rhe advantages T hanks very much How W hy don't you go out C arol went to work in at with of for about instead of in špite of

verb (-ing) w orking learning studying. h aving i nviting meeting sitting feeling

for us? languages. a car? me to your party. řor lunch tomorrow? ar home all the time? ill.

Y ou can also say 'instead oř somebody doing something', 'ted up with people doing something' ete. : • Fm řed up with people telling me what to do. N ote the use oř the řollowing prepositions + -ing: beřore -ing and ařter -ing: • Before going out, I phoned Sarah. (not Beřore to go out) • W hat did you do ařter leaving school? Y ou can also say 'Beřore I went out ..." and "... ařter you leřt school". by -ing (to say how s omething happens): • T he burglars gor intp the house by breaking a window and climbing in. • Y ou can improve your English by reading more. • She made herselř ill by not eating properly. • .Many accidents are caused by people driving roo řast. without -ing: • We ran ten kilometres without stopping. • It was a stupid thing to say. I said it without thinking. • She needs to work without people disturbing her. (Oř ... without being disturbed .i • I have enough problems oř my own without having to worry about yours. To -ing (look řorward to doing something ete.) To is ořten part oř the infinitive (to do / to see ete): • We decided to go out. • W ould you like to meet řor lunch tomorrow? But to is also a preposition (like in/řor/about/řrom ete). For example: • W e drove řrom London to Edinburgh. • I preřer tea to cořřcc. • A re you looking řorward to the weckend? Iř a preposition is řollowed by a verb, the verb ends in -ing: in doing about meeting without stopping (ete) S o, when to is a preposition and it is řollowed by a verb, you musr say to -ing: • I preřer driving to travelling by train. (not to travel) • A re you looking řorward to going on holiday? (not l ooking řorward to go)

Be/get used to -ing -* Unit 61 Verb + preposition + - ing -» Unii 62 In špite of Unit 113 Prepositions — Units 121-136

W hile/when -ing -» Unit 68B