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  • Welcome to six minute grandma with me, Alice and me.

  • Finn.

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  • Today we're talking about verb patterns.

  • 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 listen carefully.

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

  • Errand adjourned is the i N g.

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

  • And here's Catherine.

  • Hello.

  • Hello?

  • Oh, yeah.

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

  • Katherine.

  • I really enjoyed seeing Rachel again last night.

  • Jackie kept complaining.

  • So I went home.

  • Would you mind giving me a lift to the station?

  • Thanks, Catherine.

  • So we heard the verb enjoy.

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

  • Giving good.

  • Enjoy seeing.

  • Keep complaining.

  • Mind giving.

  • 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.

  • Other verbs in this group are agree.

  • 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.

  • Some examples, please.

  • Katherine.

  • I've started learning Arabic on my boyfriend.

  • Started to learn French.

  • So started learning and started to learn.

  • Have more or less the same meaning.

  • Now another example.

  • Please.

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

  • Her so continue to fall on dhe.

  • Continue falling.

  • Have the same meaning.

  • Okay, time for patent.

  • For yes, On this one's a bit tricky.

  • With some verbs.

  • 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.

  • Well, I probably wouldn't believe you.

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

  • I completely stopped.

  • And now I never drink coffee.

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

  • Have a cup of coffee.

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

  • So very different meanings.

  • Yes.

  • Here's an example.

  • With the verb.

  • Remember, we remembered closing the door.

  • We remembered to close the door.

  • Okay.

  • 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.

  • A.

  • They decided taking the train.

  • We'll be They decided to take the train.

  • Okay, so this is B.

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

  • Yes.

  • Number two a Catherine hates cooking in the evening.

  • Be Katherine hates to cook in the evening on.

  • That's a trick question.

  • there.

  • Actually.

  • Both correct.

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

  • Yes, you can.

  • Finally number three.

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

  • Do you want going for a coffee?

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

  • Because after want you need the infinitive.

  • But Alice Yes.

  • You said you'd stopped drinking coffee.

  • Oh, yes, I did.

  • I got you there.

  • You did.

  • Never mind.

  • Thanks for listening.

  • And don't forget there's more about this on our website at BBC Learning english dot com Join us again for more six minute grammar by for coffee.

  • Maybe later.

  • Bye bye.

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