Verb + pronoun + infinitive
Good morning,
This month we will take a brief look at verb patterns.
Verb patterns are an important grammar point to master in English. You can really give the impression of being a competent English speaker if you use these forms correctly. It's worth spending time learning and practicing them.
Today we'll look at a common VERB PATTERN.
Have a look at this sentence. "I want him to clean his bedroom."
This particular order of words is called a VERB PATTERN. It means that we must use a specific word order after a verb; in this case, the verb is WANT. Let's look at this verb pattern in more detail.
Today's verb pattern is: VERB + someone (person / object pronoun) + INFINITIVE
Here are some common verbs that follow this pattern (this list is not definitive):
WANT --> to want someone to do something WOULD LIKE --> would like someone to do something ASK --> to ask someone to do something TELL --> to tell someone to do something ADVISE --> to advise someone to do something EXPECT --> to expect someone to do something ALLOW --> to allow someone to do something ORDER --> to order someone to do something
If we want to indicate the action in negative, we put the word NOT before the infinitive verb:
TELL --> to tell someone NOT to do something
Example Sentences: -I want you to make your bed. -We'd like them to come to our party next week. -Did you ask Jimmy to take the dog for a walk? -Mrs. Aimes told the postman not to fold the magazines when putting them in the post-box. -I advise you not to interrupt Malcolm during the next meeting. He gets very upset when people do that. -They didn't expect John to arrive so early. -We don't allow our children to eat sweets befor mealtimes. -The police officer ordered me to move my car immediately.
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