Emotions & feelings
the last thing I want to do
something I strongly do not want to do
If something is the last thing you want to do, you strongly do not want to do it.
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That's the last thing I want to do after such a long day.
The last thing I want to do tonight is cook dinner.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The last thing I want to do tonight is cooking dinner.
Say: The last thing I want to do tonight is cook dinner.
Learners may use a gerund after “is” where this pattern takes the base verb.
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How it fits in a sentence.
the last thing I want to do is verb; the last thing I wanted to do was verb
Your turn: say it out loud
The last thing I want to do tonight is cook dinner.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the last thing I want to do
something I strongly do not want to do
“The last thing I want to do tonight is cook dinner.”
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