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6. Verbs of perception

1 Certain verbs express perception, for example, see, hear, watch, feel, smell, sense, observe, notice, spot. They can be used with both the infinitive (without to) and the –ing form.

I could hear her crying all night long.

I didn't hear you come in last night.

2 The use of the -ing form suggests the activity has duration. It is in progress at the time it is perceived, and it continues afterwards.

We heard him playing the piano.

I can smell something burning.

3 The use of the infinitive suggests the whole, completed action is perceived.

I saw the girl fall off her horse.

I saw her walk across the room and take a gun out of the desk drawer.

A Complete the sentences with either the infinitive without to or the -ing form of the verb in brackets.

a When I woke up, I could hear the birds __________ (sing).

b But then I heard my brother __________ (slam) the bathroom door.

c Soon I could smell bacon __________ (cook).

d From our hotel window we could see people __________ (play) and

__________ (sunbathe) on the beach.

e I saw her __________ (pick) up the letter from the mat and __________ (rip) open the envelope.

f When I got to the cinema, I spotted my friend __________ (wait) for me.

g Over the years I watched the new airport __________ (build).

h I knew the guests had arrived because I could hear them __________ (laugh) downstairs.

i I've never seen anyone __________ (eat) as much as you do.

j I noticed a girl __________ (shoplift). I saw her __________ (take) a bottle of perfume from a shelf and __________ (put) it in her bag.

B Underline the correct form of the verb.

1. I noticed the man drop/dropping/to drop his ticket so I picked it up for him.

2. I heard the horses come/coming/ to come down the lane so I waited for them to pass before driving on.

3. The old man said he would love have/having/to have the chance to fly in the airplane again.

4. Don’t make the children come/coming/to come with us if they don’t want to.

5. I saw the boy jump/jumping/to jump into the lake before anyone could stop him.

C Complete the sentences by using a suitable word.

1. He heard the phone __________ but it stopped before he could answer it.

2. When I entered his room I saw him __________ his homework.

3. Then I saw him __________ the house, __________ into his car and __________ away.

4. As they were walking past the house, they saw it __________ into flames.

5. I saw Freddie Ljunberg __________ the winning goal for Arsenal in the FA Cup Final.

/adapted from Developing Grammar in Context. Mark Nettle, Diana Hopkins/

Vocabulary Law

1. Look at the expressions in the box below. Which means...

  1. suspected of having committed a crime?

  2. she doesn't follow rules?

  3. we are all equal in the eyes of the law?

  4. take revenge without using the legal system?

  5. bossing people about?

  6. What I say must be respected?

  7. illegal?

  8. obeying and respecting the law?

  9. legally?

a law unto herself laying down the law against the law

take the law into my own hands no-one is above the law by law

in trouble with the law law-abiding my word is law

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