Some of these verbs (e.g. can’t stand, dislike, imagine, involve, mind, miss, put off and risk) can be used with a new subject before the -ing form (underlined in the examples below). If the new subject is a pronoun, it is in the object form (me, him, her, us, them):

Learn about clause structure and common verb patterns and do the exercises to practise using them.

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Verb patterns refer to those verbs that need to be followed by another verb. Depending on the first verb, the second verb will be used in the form of a gerund (-ing) or an infinitive.

Often in English‏‎ we need to join two verbs‏‎ together in the same sentence. When we do this, we can use different verb patterns depending on which verb comes first and here you’ll find some of the more common verb patterns.

2012年11月3日 · English sentences follow certain patterns. In this section we will first consider some of the commonest verb patterns and then some of the other important structures, both literary and conversational. We have already learned that a sentence consists of two main parts – the subject and the predicate. The subject must contain a noun or a pronoun.

2010年6月21日 · Some verbs are followed by adverb particles. Examples are: put on, take off, give away, bring up, call in etc. Sometimes the particle is detached from the verb and put after the object.