Tài liệu OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 74 ppt

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR
74 SEE IT HAPPEN OR SEE IT HAPPENING?
A Introduction

David fell down the steps. David was walking with a stick.
Rachel saw him fall. Rachel saw him walking across the road.

B See it happen
After some verbs we can use an object + an infinitive without to.
VERB OBJECT INFINITIVE
Rachel saw David fall down the steps.
Vicky heard someone close the door.
Let's watch the parade go past.
We all felt the house shake.
We can use this structure with these verbs: feel, hear, listen to, notice, see,
watch
C See it happening
We can also use an ing-form after the object.
VERB OBJECT ING-FORM
Rachel saw David walking with a stick.
Can you hear someone playing the piano?
We found Matthew exercising in the gym.
I could feel an insect crawling up my leg.
We can use this structure with these verbs: feel, find, hear, listen to, notice,
see, smell, watch
D See it happen or see it happening?
SEE IT HAPPEN SEE IT HAPPENING
We saw Trevor plant the tree. We saw Trevor planting the tree.
(He planted the tree. We saw him do the (He was planting the tree. We saw
him in the
whole job.) middle of the job.)

/ watched Nick light a cigarette. I watched Nick smoking a cigarette.
We noticed a young man sit down and order a We noticed a young man
sitting at the table
meal. eating a meal.
When we talk about a short action, it often does not matter which structure
we use. They
heard a car turn/turning the corner. I didn't see anyone leave/leaving any
litter.

74 EXERCISES
1 See it happen (B)
Henry is in court. He is answering questions about a Mr Lewis, who the
police
suspect of a number of crimes. Add a sentence using the verb in brackets. ►
And you say a second man came into the restaurant? (see) Henry: That's
right. /
saw him come in.
1 Are you quite certain that Mr Lewis took the envelope? (see)
Henry: Yes, absolutely.
...........................................................................................
2 Then Mr Lewis left the restaurant, did he? (watch)
Henry: He left soon afterwards ...........................................
3 And he drove away, (hear)
Henry: Yes, he did. ........................................................
2 See it happening (C)
Look at the pictures and add a sentence with I can see/hear/smell... and the
ing-form of these verbs: bark, burn, come, ring, wave
► The postman is on his way. I can see him coming.
1 There's a phone upstairs.
......................................................................................

2 There's a woman in the boat.
..............................................................................
3 There are some dogs
outside............................................................................ …..
4 You've forgotten your lunch.
...............................................................................
3 See it happen or see it happening? (D)
There has been a bomb explosion in the city centre. TV reporter Kitty
Beamish is
asking people about it. What did people see or hear?
? Man: The bomb exploded. I heard it. It was a shock.
He heard the bomb explode.
? Woman: A man was lying in the road. I saw him. He was just lying there.
She saw a man lying in the road.
1 Woman: The building shook. I felt it. I couldn't believe it.
2 Man: People were shouting. I heard them. There was panic.
3 Girl: An alarm was ringing. I could hear it. It went on and on.
4 Boys: The police arrived. We saw them. They were over there.
5 Man: I saw a woman. She was crying. She was in a terrible state.