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8B Shopping and Verb Patterns

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Shopping and Verb patterns


Shopping
Be able to afford – I can pay for that
Be in stock – there is enough to sell of that product
Be on sale – the product is cheaper that it normally is
Come out – new product or product that just come to the store
Get a refund – when you return a product and you want your money back
Good value – the product is not expensive
Have a guarantee – the product has a support from the Company
Look for a bargain – look for cheaper deals
Reasonably priced – the product has a good Price
Take/send something back – return something
Verb patterns
•When two verbs are used together
in a sentence the second verb takes
either the gerund or infinitive form.
Verb patterns
• Verbs that are followed by gerunds (verbs + ing)
Enjoy, mind, keep, admit, recommend, suggest

• Verbs that are followed by (to+infinitive)


Want, hope, agree, offer, promise, need, refuse, threaten, plan

• Verbs that have different pattern and no change in meaning


Start, begin, continue, like, love

• Verbs that can have a different pattern but a change in meaning


Stop, Remember/Forget, try

• Verbs that need an (object before to+infinitive)


Advice, ask, invite, remind, tell, warn

• Verbs like make=force and let=allow are followed by an object + infinitive


Verb Patterns
Verbs that are Verbs that are Verbs that have Verbs that can Verbs that need Verbs like
followed by followed by different have a different an (object make=force and
gerunds (verbs + (to+infinitive) pattern and no pattern but a before let=allow are
ing) change in change in to+infinitive) followed by an
meaning meaning object +
infinitive

enjoy, want, start, stop, advice, make


don´t mind, hope, begin, Remember ask, Let
keep, agree, continue, Forget, invite,
admit, offer, like, try remind,
recommend, promise, love tell,
suggest need, warn
refuse,
threaten,
plan
Verb patterns with different pattern and
different meaning.
• Stop
• Remember/Forget + ing refers to the past.
• Remember/Forget + to+infinitive refers to a mental check you need to
do.
• Try + ing refers to something you need to experiment to try to solve.
• Try + to+infinitive refers to something that is difficult for you to do, or
that requires a lot of effort.

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Remember there are other patterns
Verb + ing or gerund To + infinitive
After prepositions. After question words.
After certain verbs. (Look at the table). After certain verbs. (Look at the table).
After some expressions. After certain adjectives.
As a subject of a sentence. To show purpose.

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