Verb Pattern.

Verb Pattern.

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What do you think is a "Verb Pattern"?

What is Verb Pattern?

• Sometimes in a sentence, one verb follow another. For example: "I want to buy a car".

• The first verb is want, the second verb is buy.

• I want to buy an ice cream.

• I hate cooking.

Types of Verb Patterns.

There are several patterns, we only see a few ones.

Verb + to-infinitive

These verbs all use this pattern: want, hope, decide, agree, arrange, can't afford, intend, learn, manage, offer, prefer, refuse, remember, seem, tend.

I decided to leave school and find a job.

My sister agreed to help me with my homework.

Verb + object + to-infinitive

Advice, allow, cause, enable, encourage, expect, force, remind, urge, warn.

Robert's mother encouraged him to study law.

The teacher reminded us not to use our cellphones during the class.

Changes in meaning.

After the verbs remember, forget, stop and try; we can use both the -ing form and to-infinitive. However, the meaning of the sentence change:

Jenny remembers locking the door. (She remembers that she locked the door.)

Jenny remembers to lock the door. (She always remembers to lock the door.)