2015-11-06 Grammar: sense verbs

Greg Malivuk
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p. 295 - Complete the chart with the techniques your parents used (or probably would use), whether it was effective, and whether you would do the same thing with your children.
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My mother heard me yelling at my younger brother.
- She told me to stop yelling. If I didn’t stop yelling, I got slapped.
My father saw me helping my little sister.
- (Nothing. This never happened.)
My mother caught me trying to feed my vegetables to the dog.
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She heard me yelling.
He saw me helping.
She caught me trying.

She heard me yell. = I yelled once and she heard me.
She heard me yelling. = She heard me while I was yelling.

She caught me hitting my brother. = I was hitting him repeatedly when she caught me.
She saw me hit my brother. = I hit him once (and then was finished), and she saw me.

ALWAYS: catch + object + verb(ing) (and “find” and “discover”)
Why? Because “catch” interrupts an action in progress.
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object + present participle: I saw him driving. = I saw him while he was driving.
possessive + gerund: I saw his driving. = I saw the driving. I saw his skill at driving. (Maybe I never saw his face, but I knew he was the person driving that car.)
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Sense verbs:
see, watch, look, smell, taste, hear, listen, feel

I saw the man. = I noticed him (briefly) but didn’t really pay attention.
I looked at the man. = I paid attention to his appearance.
I watched the man. = I paid attention to his actions, I watched what he was doing.

I heard the man. = I noticed his voice, but didn’t really pay attention.
I listened to the man. = I paid attention to what he said.
smell, taste, and feel = pay attention or not (they have both meanings)
(sniff = the action of taking air into your nose, usually in order to smell something)
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Homework: Write some sentences about what you see, hear, and feel on public transportation. (Maybe also what you smell and taste.)