Name: Verb patterns - 6 Minute Grammar
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Welcome to six minute grandma with me, Alice and me.

Yes, we're looking at what happens when we use two verbs together in English.

We'll be looking at four patterns on There's a quiz at the end of the program.

So on with the show, our first pattern is verb plus JJ.

Form off verb words like seeing, complaining and giving our all Germans.

To give us some examples off the pattern verb plus Jared.

I really enjoyed seeing Rachel again last night.

Would you mind giving me a lift to the station?

Plus the gerund seeing we had keep plus complaining and the verb mind plus the gerund.

Other verbs that could be followed by Jared's include finish practice suggest on dhe recommend suggest.

So I can say I suggest keeping a list of verbs that take Jared's very good good example.

Thank you know for this second pattern verb plus infinitive on infinitive is the word to plus a base verb, for example to see to drive to study some examples, please.

Katherine, I really want to see the football tonight.

My brother is learning to drive Marios, hoping to study medicine so that want to see learning to drive, hoping to study.

Decide, choose and learn Now for the third pattern.

These verbs can be followed by either a gerund or an infinitive without changing the meaning.

I've started learning Arabic on my boyfriend.

So started learning and started to learn.

Snow will continue to fall in the mountains on temperatures will continue falling throughout the night.

You can use either a gerund or an infinitive afterwards.

But Andi, it's a big but yes, the meaning changes from JJ errand to infinitive.

So if I say I stopped drinking coffee last week.

Yes, well, this means I drank coffee regularly in the past, but last week I decided to give up coffee.

But if I say on my way home yesterday, I stopped toe.

This means that yesterday you interrupted your journey and you went into a cafe for a cup of coffee.

Remember, we remembered closing the door.

In the 1st 1 we formed a picture in our mind off us closing the door.

The second example means we didn't forget to close the door to BBC Learning english dot com.

And it's time for a quiz question one, which is correct.

They decided to take the train after decide we need the infinitive.

Number two a Catherine hates cooking in the evening.

Be Katherine hates to cook in the evening on.

Because after hate, you can use either a gerund or an infinitive.

Is it a Do you want to go for a coffee or B?

Now this one is a Do you want to go for a coffee?

Because after want you need the infinitive.

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