Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês VERB PATTERN 2 ING-form / TO-infinitive Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Verb Pattern 2 Sometimes in a sentence, one verb follows another. For example, I want to buy an electric car. The first verb is 'want', the second verb is 'buy'. In sentences like this, there are different possible patterns. For example: (a) I want to buy an electric car. (b) I hate driving. In sentence A, the first verb is followed by an infinitive. In sentence B, the first verb is followed by a gerund (-ing) form. Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Verb Pattern 2 The verb patterns are dependent upon the first verb. There are several different types of pattern. When you learn a new verb, you need to learn the verb pattern. Unfortunately, some verbs have more than one possible pattern! Sometimes, if a verb has two patterns, each pattern can have a different meaning or use. Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Verb Pattern 2 ING-FORM These verbs all use this pattern: avoid, can´t stand, don´t mind, enjoy, hate, like, love, spend time, look forward to, stop, waste time, consider. I enjoy working on the emergency ward. Alice doesn't mind working with children. Tim is considering changing his job. Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Verb Pattern 2 TO+INFINITIVE These verbs all use this pattern: agree, can´t afford, choose, decide, forget, manage, need, refuse, want, would like, hope, need, want. I want to work with Dr. Laver. Tim hopes to leave the stockroom soon. Helen decided to go out with Michal. Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945 Ana Carolina Professora de Inglês Verb Pattern 2 Using remember, forget, stop Remember/forget +ing-form: an action that somebody did. (Note: forget+ing-form is nearly always used with never.) Remember/forget + to-infinitive: an action that somebody is/was supposed to do. Stop+ing-form: an action that has stopped. Stop+to-infinitive: the reason why somebody has stopped an action. Especialista emLíngua Inglesa anacarolina.correia@yahoo.com.br 31 8898 7945
