2017-07-06 Grammar: sensory verbs

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 59-60 - Complete the paragraphs with the correct active or passive forms.
exercise 13
1 began
2 were intended
3 were called
4 started
5 was referred to
6 was
7 comprise(d)
8 stand
9 know
10 were written
11 existed
exercise 14
1 was built
2 was designed
3 serve
4 consider
5 is made / was made
6 intended
7 to be located
8 copy
9 planned
10 consist
11 was used
12 was imprisoned
13 died
14 got
15 implement
16 was accomplished (better: was never accomplished)
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Sensory Verbs: see, watch, hear, listen to, taste, smell, feel
I saw him do it. - I noticed it but may or may not have paid attention.
I watched him do it. - I paid attention while he did it.
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I saw them break the bottles. = They broke the bottles, and I saw. (It happened once.)
I saw them breaking the bottles. = They were breaking the bottles, and I saw. (It continued or repeated.)
I saw him walking home. = I saw the middle of this action, not the beginning or the end.
I saw him walk home. = I saw the entire walk.
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Note that this verb(ing) is the present participle, not the gerund.
I saw him driving. (present participle) = I saw him while he was driving.
I saw his driving. (gerund) = I saw the driving (I saw how fast he went, whether he stopped at intersections, etc.), but may or may not have seen him directly.
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Handout p. 298 exercise 2 - With your partner, write one sentence to answer each question with a sense verb and a second action.
1 You can hear musicians playing.
2 You can see people skating.
3 You can smell bread baking.
4 You can hear waves crashing.
5 You can see girls buying things.
6 You can hear children laughing.
7 You can hear people speaking English.
8 You can see people working out.
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Probably the only verbs we can use with “smell” are verbs of cooking or burning, or rotting.
There may not be any to use with “taste”.
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You can feel your heart beating.
You can feel a muscle spasming.
You can feel your fingers cramping.
You can feel your arms getting cold. You can feel yourself getting sick/better.
You can feel your feet going numb / falling asleep.
You can feel a bone break.
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p. 299 exercise 4
1 ringing
2 ring
3 take (She watched the whole test; that’s how she was sure no one had cheated.)
4 getting
5 riding
6 playing/play
7 leave
8 burning
9 snapping and falling / snap and fall
10 sitting
11 crying
12 waiting