Talking about things you like to do

～事が好きです。

You already know (thing) が好きです。 Means you like (thing).

E.g. テニスが好きです。

But…

What if you want to say you like to play tennis? or I like

eating chocolate for breakfast on Sundays? How do we stick

the verb in the sentence???

Simply… plain verb ＋事が好きです。

テニスをする事が好きです。

日曜日の朝ご飯にチョコレートを食べる事が好きです。

Remember… You can use this to say you love （大好き） , dislike （好きじゃない） and hate （きらい） to do something.

You can also use こと with other abilities such as good at （上手・とくい） and bad at （下手・にがて）

How would you say: Mariko likes reading the newspaper every morning. Yumiko likes learning English. Hisao doesn’t like writing letters. Rika likes swimming in the pool. Tomoko likes watching rugby. Akira doesn’t like playing squash. Mizue isn’t good at speaking German. Airi is good at cooking cakes.