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The English Verb
Lengua Inglesa III
Grammar
Verbs & Structures
Different verbs are followed by different kinds
of words and structures
1. Transitive/intransitive/ditransitive
I see you
I sit down
I gave Ann a clock
2. Ergative: (transitive/intransive)
I opened the door The door was opened
The shop opens at 10:00
3. Copular:
He looks nice
He is nice
Verbs & Structures
4. Prepositional Verbs
She was looking for you
Let’s think about it
I live in Alicante
In these cases the prepositional phrase has the same
range of importance as an Attribute, Predicate or an
Object (I’m alive)/ (I like climbing mountains)
5. Compound Verbs
Auxiliar
I don’t think so /Do you like chocolate?
Verbs & Structures
6. Subordinate
Accusative
I want you to leave
To-infinitive
She advised them to see a lawyer
Gerund
I heard them singing/ I like his staying
To-infinitive/ Gerund
I remember to go/ I remember going
Bare infinitive
He let them go to the party
Nexus or that
I know that she is in Italy
I noticed how she made it.
Examples
• Now write 3 sentences with
these two verbs.
Abandon
Accept
Abandon
1. Direct Object (give up)
• I abandoned my project
2. Direct Object+ to (desert family/friend)
• They abandoned him to his fate
3. Reflexive Pronoun +to (liter.)
• They abandoned themselves to corruption
Accept
1. Intransitive
• She accepts
2. Direct Object (from)
• I accepted the present (from you)
3. Direct Object+ on (restrictive)
• They accepted on trial
4. That/nexus +subordinate
• They accepted that the money should be sent.
5. Direct Object + as
• We accept her as our boss.
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Madrid: Anglo Didactica Pub.
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