Sense verbs+object+baseverb/ing

Sense verbs+object+baseverb/ing

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The use:

Sense verb+object+base verb:

If we use it with a bare infinitive, the action is perceived complete, from beginning to end.

Sense verb+object+ing verb:

we use it with -ing then we only perceived a fragment of the action, we saw it happening, but not from beginning to end.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

I saw them ________ angrily, but nothing happened

• talk

• talking

Multiple Choice

Select the right answer:

I saw them ___________ angrily, so I left the room. I could still hear them from the kitchen.

• talk

• talking

Multiple Choice

He saw her __________ off with a young man in the passenger seat.

• drive

• driving

Multiple Choice

Maria heard him __________ up the stairs towards her room, and felt scared.

• come

• coming

Multiple Select

Carla heard the people behind her ________(eat) potato chips and _____________(whispear), so she looked at them angrily.

• eating/whispering

• eat/whisper

• ate/whispered

Multiple Select

A truck crashed into your building?

Yes, I didn't see it ________(drive) into the wall, but I heard it _________(hit) the building.

• driving/hitting

• drive/hit

• drove/hit

Multiple Select

I just saw the woman _________(fall) of her bike.

• fall

• falling