The Objective Participial Construction After verbs see, feel We saw her denoting sense approaching hear, watch perception the house notice, find Participle I notice Participle II A heard my wife coming … After verbs want denoting wish like Father wants it and intention done quickly. desire Participle II intend
After verbs know,think denoting I thought her happily consider,suppose mental ability married understand Participle II expect,imagine I had my coat altered . After verbs make denoting You can get your get clothes made in compulsion have Europe . Participle II I smell the meat After verbs keep,smell burning in the kitchen. Participle I set,leave I left them start quarrelling .
The elephant My friend A traffic warden see The newsreader hear The Prime Minister notice The actors watch The pilot The young vet Mrs Jones
running down the street the director talking quietly two gunmen jump over a wall a giraffe fall over Mr. Smith leave the forest the audience start to cry a policewoman eating an ice cream the farmer the children laughing the taxi driver wave goodbye
Text I could hear the guard blowing his whistle, so I ran onto the platform and up to the train. Luckily, someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was moving out of the station. “Phew!” I thought. “That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers could hear my heart beating, it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat. After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passengers. The compartment was full, but I was the only one standing. The people in the carriage turned their eyes as they noticed me looking at them. All except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. I saw her watching me in the mirror. Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello. She spoke first, however. “Would you like my seat?” she asked. “You look rather ill.” That was the day on which I realized I was getting middle-aged.
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