1 / 5

Some Common English Patterns

Some Common English Patterns. 1. Missing Main Verb. Remember that every English sentence must have a subject and a main verb. (A sentence may or may not have an auxiliary verb.). 2. Verbs that require an infinitive in the complement.

leiko
Download Presentation

Some Common English Patterns

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Some CommonEnglish Patterns

  2. 1. Missing Main Verb • Remember that every English sentence must have a subject and a main verb. (A sentence may or may not have an auxiliary verb.)

  3. 2. Verbs that require an infinitive in the complement. • Remember that the following verbs require an infinitive for a verb in the complement. agree decide hesitate need refuse appear demand hope offerseem arrange deserve intend plan tend ask expect learn prepare threaten claim fail manage pretend wait consent forget mean promise want Ex: -He wanted to speak with me. -We demand to know our status. -They didn’t plan to buy a car. -The weather tends to improve in May.

  4. 3. Verbs that require an–ingform in the complement. • The following verbs require an –ingform for a verb in the complement. admit complete deny appreciate consider discuss avoid delay enjoy finish practice risk keep quit stop mention recall suggest miss recall suggest tolerate postpone regret understand EX: He enjoys travelingby plane. She is considering not going. I miss watchingthe news when I am traveling. She mentions stoppingat EI Paso in her letter.

  5. 4. Verbs phrase that require an–ingform in the complement. approve of do not mind keep on count on be better off forget about look forward to insist to can’t help get through object to think of Ex: -She forgot about cancelingher appointment. -Let’s go to the movie when you get though studying. -We can’t help wonderingwhy she left. -I have been looking forward to seeingit. -We wouldn’t mind waiting.

More Related