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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Sensory Verbs
- hear/listen to
- see/watch
- smell
- feel
- (taste)
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- I saw the man steal a car.
- I watched the man steal a car.
- - “steal” means from beginning to end
- I saw the man stealing a car.
- I watched the man stealing a car.
- - “stealing” means just the middle of the action
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- I heard him tell a story. = I heard the whole story.
- I heard him telling a story. = I heard only part of the story.
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- Verbs of position can describe both the action and the state. If you’re talking about the state, use -ing:
- I saw him sitting in his car.
- (I saw him sit in his car. = I saw him sit down.)
- I saw the book sitting on the table.
- *I saw the book sit on the table. (Books can’t sit down, so I couldn’t see this action.)
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- Verbs of discovery/interruption always use -ing because you can’t catch the whole action.
- My parents caught me sneaking out of the house.
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- Can you think of examples of actions you could feel? Actions you could smell?
- I felt my wife smiling. I felt an ant walking on my hand.
- I felt the mosquito bite me. I felt my leg break.
- I smelled food cooking.
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- p. 298 exercise 2 - With your partner, think of some things you can see, hear, or smell in these places. Can you use both base forms and -ing verbs in these situations?
- 1 You can hear people screaming. You can hear music being played.
- 2 You can see people skating. You can see people falling down.
- 3 You can smell bread baking (or sometimes burning).
- 4 You can hear wind blowing. You can hear seagulls screaming. You can hear waves crashing.
- 5 You can see children running. You can see people talking. You can see people shopping.
- 6 You can hear kids crying. You can hear birds singing. You can hear swings squeaking.
- 7 You can hear people speaking English. You can hear the teacher talking.
- 8 You can see people exercising. You can see people grooming.
- You can hear people groaning and grunting.
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- Homework: p. 299 exercise 4 - Choose the correct forms of the verbs for each sentence.
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