PETS二级语法讲解28:感官动词+doing/to do

2026-02-07
感官动词 + doing/to do

  感官动词 see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel + do 表示动作的完整性,真实性;+doing 表示动作的连续性,进行性

  I saw him work in the garden yesterday.
  昨天我看见他在花园里干活了。(强调"我看见了"这个事实)

  I saw him working in the garden yesterday.(强调"我见他正干活"这个动作)
  昨天我见他正在花园里干活。

  典型例题

  1)They knew her very well. They had seen her ___ up from childhood.

  A. grow B. grew C. was growing D. to grow

  答案:A.因题意为,他们看着她长大,因此强调的是成长的过程,而非正在长的动作,因此用see sb do sth 的句型。

  2)The missing boy was last seen ___ near the river.

  A. playing B. to be playingC. playD. to play

  答案A. 本题强调其动作,正在河边玩,应此用see sb. doing sth句型。