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Home > Articles > English lessons > English vocabulary: Enjoy

English vocabulary: Enjoy

5th July 2016 by Andrew 7 Comments

In this vocabulary lesson, you will learn how to use the word “enjoy”.

Enjoy is a regular verb.

It means to feel pleasure from something or to like something.

Form

base form: enjoy
ing form: enjoying
past simple form: enjoyed
past participle: enjoyed


Sentence structures using “enjoy”

There are 3 main structures:

enjoy + noun

Examples:
She is enjoying her drink.
drink
They enjoyed their holiday in London.
Did you enjoy the concert?

enjoy + ing form

In this structure, the ing form is a gerund. A gerund is a verb being used like a noun.

Examples:

They enjoy dancing.

Dancing
We enjoyed swimming in the sea.
Jane did not enjoy singing karaoke.

In all of the above examples, the gerund (ing form) is the direct object of the verb “enjoy.”

For other uses of the ing form, see this lesson -> The ing form of English verbs

enjoy + reflexive pronoun

A reflexive pronoun is an object that reflects back to the subject of the sentence.
We use a reflexive pronoun when the subject and object are the same person.

Examples:

The dogs are enjoying themselves in the park.
(The dogs are having a good time in the park.)

Dogs enjoying themselves

We enjoyed ourselves at the festival.
(We had a good time at the festival.)

I enjoyed myself at the beach.
(I had a good time at the beach.)

Here are all of the English reflexive pronouns:

I enjoy myself
you enjoy yourself
he enjoys himself
she enjoys herself
it enjoys itself
we enjoy ourselves
you enjoy yourselves
they enjoy themselves

Video lesson

Below is a video lesson about “enjoy” on our YouTube channel. It will help you learn the correct pronunciation and there are some grammar exercises at the end.

There are lots of other lessons on the Crown Academy of English YouTube channel.

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Comments

  1. Fatia says

    6th July 2016 at 10:51 am

    Excellent

    Reply
  2. ROn says

    20th July 2016 at 1:03 pm

    wonderful lesson and the best teacher

    Reply
  3. CARLOS ALBERTO SIMÕES says

    30th July 2016 at 9:33 pm

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  4. Kamlesh Saini says

    12th October 2016 at 1:06 pm

    I am liking your videos a lot, because your way of teaching is very different and nice.
    Very very thanks to you for your teaching.

    Reply
  5. m javed says

    29th October 2016 at 2:59 pm

    wonderful

    Reply
  6. alpa says

    26th June 2017 at 9:44 am

    Thank you Andrew.

    I enjoy your English lesson everyday.

    I have been enjoying your Englsih lesson since I have come across your youtub video.

    I do enjoy jaz music offen

    Reply
  7. Momg Yee Choo says

    29th September 2018 at 6:56 am

    Hi, I was asked by my Vietnamese friend if we could use “to” after “enjoy”.

    E.g. we say, “I like to swim” or “I enjoy swimming”; but we don’t say “I enjoy to swim”?

    Hoping you can shed some light.

    Thanks.

    Reply

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