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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. • Alcaraz, E. & Moody, B. (1980): Morfosintaxis inglesa para Hispanohablantes. Alcoy: Marfil • Campos, M,, Lillo, A., & Pina, V.M. (2002): Grammar in Gobbets; Aguaclara • Greembaum & Quirk (1990): Student’s Grammar of the English Language. Longman. • Merino, Ana (2002): English Verbs & Structures. Madrid: Anglo Didactica Pub. • Thomson, A. J. & MARTINET, A.V.: A Practical English Grammar. Oxford: O.U.P.