Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| The music started ______________________ before we arrived | to play / play |
| Oh come on, stop ______________________ for a minute before you do it. You're too impulsive, you must think a little more. | thinking / to think / think |
| They saw me ______________________ to open the door, and they thought I had entered the house, but I couldn't, it was the wrong key. | to try / try / trying |
| In this city, they forbid ______________________ books in the street | to sell / selling / sell |
| She stood up and began ______________________ her song | singing / sing |
| I forbid you ______________________ that about my daughter | say / to say / saying |
| We regret ______________________ you that your application was not accepted | telling / to tell / tell |
| They only allow ______________________ here for two hours | parking / to park / park |
| I told him it was late, but he continued ______________________ TV | watch / to watch |
| He tried ______________________ a stone to open the box, but that box was too strong, it didn't break. | to use / use / using |
| He can never remember ______________________ the door when he goes out. Some day we will have a problem. | to lock / locking / lock |
| I regret ______________________ you all those things at the party, I was a perfect stupid clown | to tell you / telling / tell |
| Oh please! stop ______________________! You've been talking for hours. I've got a headache. | talking / talk / to talk |
| Please, allow me ______________________ some words before we start eating | to say / say / saying |
| She advised ______________________ the presents before Christmas time | buy / buying / to buy |
| They began ______________________ their books and do the exercises | to open / open |
| They tried ______________________ the window, but it was bullet-proof | breaking / break / to break |
| The dog continued ______________________ all night long | barking / bark |
| I heard the man ______________________ the door and then I could hear his footsteps coming to my bedroom | opening / open / to open |
| Oh no, I forgot ______________________ the book from the shop. I must go back and get it. | to take / take / taking |
| Tom advised her ______________________ for help before it was too late | looking / look / to look |
| Don't start ______________________ me you don't know her and all that | tell / telling |
| Two minutes after he woke up, he forgot ______________________ all that | dreaming / dream / to dream |
| I saw her ______________________, and then laugh, and then cry again, and then she fell asleep. | crying / cry / to cry |
| I remember ______________________ a man sitting on the porch, but I can't remember his face | see / to see / seeing |
VERBS USING 2 PATTERNS
V + -ing / inf
No change of meaning: begin, start, continue
It began to rain = It began raining
Change of meaning: remember, forget, regret / stop / try / advise, allow, permit, forbid
Remember, forget, regret
Look to the future: Remember to post this letter when you get there (=don’t forget to do it in the future)
Look to the past: I remember buying my first bicycle when I was 8 (= it's a memory from the past)
Stop
End an action to do something different: He stopped to relax
Finish an action: He stopped driving because he was too tired
Try
Make an effort: He tried to open the door, but it was locked
Make an experiment: He tried speaking to her in German, but she still didn't answer
Advise, allow, permit, forbid
With no object: I advise getting up very early
With an object: I advise you to get up very early
V + O + -ing / bare inf
Verbs of the senses: see, watch, hear, listen, feel, smell, notice...
If we use it with a bare infinitive, the action is perceived complete, from beginning to end. If we use it with -ing then we only perceived a fragment of the action, we saw it happening, but not from beginning to end.
I saw them talk angrily, but nothing happened
I saw them talking angrily, so I left the room. I could still hear them from the kitchen.
