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Rafael
Gerund VS infinitive
I was taking this test: https://www.thoughtco.com/verb-verb-which-verb-form-quiz-4062603?quizResult=ddafd73a
And I faced this question:
14. My father made me ___ early on Saturday.
a) getting up
b) to get up
c) get up
As I was taught I've chosen the letter B. Basically, I thought about the rule: "After a pronoun the infinitive form is necessary"
For the test examiner, the correct answer is C - GET UP.
Could you help me with that?
4 dic 2018 21:26
Risposte · 4
1
The form in (C) is called the "bare infinitive". It was more common in the past, but we still use it after a few specific common verbs:
causative verbs: make, let, and help [for help, the normal infinitive and bare infinitive are both OK, but the bare infinitive is better]
sensing verbs: see, smell, hear, feel
Examples:
I made him do his homework
I let him eat ice cream
I helped the old lady cross the road.
I saw him swim
I heard her yell
I felt it move.
I smelled him burp.
4 dicembre 2018
1
Hi Rafael
When you use the verb 'make' in this way, you need to use the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive, so answer 'c' is correct. The bare infinitive is the infinitive without 'to' e.g. get up, and the full infinitive is the infinitive form with 'to' e.g. to get up.
Ellie.
4 dicembre 2018
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Rafael
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Portoghese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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