Let's learn English from the basics...the verb pattern
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VERB PATTERN 1
Formula : Subject + Verb + Direct Object
Example :
Her name is Entin
I know her name
Usman
drinks fresh milk
VERB PATTERN 2
Formula : Subject + Verb + (not) to infinitive
Example :
Andri forgot to lock the door
Indah
hopes to go to Hongkong on holiday
Dedeh
decided not to sell her cellphone
VERB PATTERN 3
Formula : Subject + Verb (pro)noun + (not) to-infinitive
Example :
Gugun asks his wife not to work
Didn’t
I tell you not to press any button?
The
situation forced Isma to cancel her holiday
VERB PATTERN 4
Formula : Subject + Verb + (pro)noun + (to be) complement
Verb commonly used in this pattern are:
Acknowledge feel judge report think
Believe find know see understand
Declare guess prove suppose
Deny imagine realize suspect
Example :
I find it hard to believe
She
realizes it to have been an error
Rahma
proved them (to be) wrong
VERB PATTERN 5
Physical Perception
Formula : Subject + Verb + (pro)noun + Infinitive
Verb used in this pattern :
Feel, hear, look at, look up,
Notice, observe, see, watch
Example :
Watch me pose
I
see him leave
Can
you hear Yuni shouts?
Non-Physical
Perception
Formula : Subject + Verb + (pro) noun + Infinitive
Verb used in this pattern : have, help, let, know, make
Example :
Let me outta here
I
would have the students do the work
Tina
has never been known to wear men’s shoes
NOTE : The to-infinitive is needed in the passive
construction.
VERB PATTERN 6
Same as Verb Pattern 5, the verbs used in this pattern are
also divided into 2 groups
Physical Perceptions
Formula: Subject + Verb + (pro)noun + Present Participle
Example: Anto saw Tika going on a date with her boyfriend
I could
feel your heart beating fast
We
observed the engine revving up to 8,000rpm
Non-Physical
Perception
Formula: Subject + Verb + (pro)noun + Present Participle
The chief verb in this pattern are :
Catch keep pass
Find leave set
Imagine meet start
Example: Enjum passed a pretty girl sitting on a chair at a
cafe
They
left Karin wondering where the map is
The
police caught the arms dealer doing a transaction
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