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by Liz Walter

In my last post, I discussed the importance of learning verb patterns. In this post, I will look at a few slightly more advanced points.

I’ll start with verbs of perception, such as feel, see, watch and notice.  These are most often followed by -ing verbs, but bare infinitives (infinitives without to) are also possible:

I felt the sun warming/warm my skin.

We watched the children playing/play in the park. Continue reading “Forget doing it or forget to do it? Avoiding common mistakes with verb patterns (2)” →

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by Liz Walter

Look at these two English sentences:

I agreed to pay for the damage.

He denied stealing the money.

You will see that each sentence has two verbs, but that the form of the second verb is different. In the first sentence, it is an infinitive with to (to pay), and in the second, it has an -ing form (stealing).

So how do you know which form to use? Continue reading “Infinitive or -ing verb? Avoiding common mistakes with verb patterns (1)” →