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saw her when she was in the middle of doing something. This does n
(b) I saw her doing something.= She was doing something and I saw this, |
Perception Verb + Object + Base Form (not infinitive) or ~ing Form
Exercise Complete each sentence with used to and the correct verb.
4 Grammar
A. Hear + object + Base Form
I never wanna hear you say.
The difference in meaning between the two structures
(a) I saw him do something.
complete action from beginning to end.
- He did something and l saw this. J sam
mean that I saw the complete action.
Examples
(a) I saw Tom get into his car and drive away.
(b) Can you smell something burning?
Exercise Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb.
(happen)
. (sing)
3. The mother listened to her daughter
1. I saw the accident
2. Listen to the birds
her story from beginning to
end. (tell)
B. Used to
From the way that it used to be,
Rule Used to is used when we say that something happened regularly in the past
but no longer happens.
Examples
1. I used to play tennis a lot, but now I'm too lazy.
2. We used to live in a small village, but now we live in Tokyo.
1. She
2. Ann doesn't smoke anymore, but she.
.my best friend, but we aren't friends anymore.
3. Ann's hair
40 cigarettes a day.
long, but she cut it some time ago.
