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| 1. I sawhim get off the bus. 2. Nobody noticedJohn come in. 3. We watchedthe train leave the station. 4. He feltsomebody push him lightly in the back. 5. Did you hearher sing? |
Ex 20 Combine the two sentences into one, using a complex object.
Model 1: He got on the train. We saw it.
We saw him get on the train.
1. He made a mistake. Nobody noticed it. 2. The postman brought a telegram. I saw it with my own eyes. 3. He told a lie. Everybody heard it. 4. She got sad. Everybody noticed it. 5. Somebody called your name. I heard it. 6. He stood in the doorway and watched them. They got into a car and went away. 7. We saw the runner. He passed the finish line. 8. The car suddenly turned to the left. I noticed it.
Model 2: I noticed that he was standing near the door.
I noticed him standing* near the door.
1. The teacher noticed that he was looking through some magazine during the lecture. 2. I hear that somebody is crying. 3. It was pleasant to watch how they were enjoying themselves. 4. Out of the window she watched how her children were playing in the garden. 5. I noticed that she was speaking very coldly to him. 6. The militiaman saw that we were crossing the road in the wrong place. 7. We heard that somebody was laughing in the next room. 8. Because of the noise nobody heard that the telephone was ringing.
Ex 21 Use either the Infinitive or Participle I of the verb in brackets as the second element of the complex object.
1. She watched him—away until she could see him no more (walk). 2. I noticed him — her a quick look (give). 3. When I turned my head I saw him still — in the doorway (stand). 4. As he sat on the bank of the river he felt the wind — colder and colder (get). 5. I heard the child — behind the wall (cry). 6. He thought he heard somebody — him (call). 7. She noticed him — something to the man sitting in front of him (pass). 8. Did you hear her — that unpleasant remark (make)?
