Connecting One Verb to Another in English Catenative Verbs
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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this
lesson I’m going to talk about cat a
native verbs let’s get started first
let’s begin what is a cat a native verb
there are two points I want to introduce
first first a cat a native verb is a
verb that can chain to other verbs so we
can connect a second verb to this first
catenary verb when we use cat a native
verbs the verb after the cat a native
verb can take two forms first it can
take the infinitive form that means to
plus the verb or it can take the
infinitive form without - I’ll show you
some examples later the second form it
can take is the gerund form that’s the
ing ending form of the verb so we use
cat a native verb + infinitive or cat a
native verb plus gerund when we make
these sentences so it’s like the verb
that we begin with and then our chaining
verbs come after that
so the first verb is the cat a native
verb let’s take a look at some example
sentences then first one she should stop
smoking here my cat a native verb is in
red so stop is my cat a native verb it
connects to smoking so smoking ends in
the ing form here smoking so this is the
connecting verb we start here we connect
it here with this ing form another
example with the ing form the gerund
form please start writing so start is my
cat a native verb it chains to the next
thing writing is the second verb the
verb we use to follow it so this is in
the ing form let’s look at two more
examples that use the infinitive form
here we want to build a house so here’s
my cat a native verb the first verb here
then I follow it with to build so
and build together here this is the
infinitive form I need to use too here
we want to build a house second he needs
to buy a suit my cat and native verb is
a need I’ve got this s here I need to
conjugate the verb because my subject is
he he needs to buy a suit so depending
on the sentence we need to choose the
infinitive form or the gerund form I
marked this example though with this
mark because this is an example of some
situations where using the gerund form
or the infinitive form can actually
change the meaning of the sentence
if for example I said she should stop to
smoke it means she should stop her
activities to smoke like to smoke a
cigarette this sentence means she should
stop smoking like that means that she
should stop the activity of smoking in
her life altogether so be aware that
there are some cases where gerund and
infinitive have different meanings there
aren’t so many but there are some so try
to keep this in mind and this is
something that you need to remember as
you read and as you listen so based on
context really okay so now I want to
continue to kind of a more in-depth
topic a little bit deeper into this
subject complex cat and native so
complex cat a native verbs
these are katha native verbs that take
an object so I have some example
sentences here again the cat a native
verb is in red and the object is in blue
here will you help me clean the room so
my cat a native verb here is help my
object is me and then my linking verb is
clean so clean here you’ll notice
there’s no to this is an example like I
mentioned here where sometimes we don’t
use to before the infinitive so we don’t
use it in this case it’s just a plain
infinitive will you help me clean the
room so here’s my cat a native
chained it to clean with an object so
this is a complex cat and native another
example they asked us to move our bags
they asked us to move our bags so here
is my verb my cat a native verb asked
past tense in this case my object so us
we were the receiving party so they
asked us to move our bags here I have
the infinitive form again to move in
this case I have the two included here
okay some more examples she wants them
to take photos here’s my cat a native
verb want in this case once because my
subject is she and my object them to
take again I have the infinitive form
here she wants them to take photos
finally he took me to apply for a loan
again my cat a native verb took past
tense object me and I have the
infinitive form again to apply for a
loan so you will see these different
types of cat a native verb related
structures so complex cat a native
refers to these patterns that have
objects so when do we use this kind of
thing we use it actually a lot in speech
especially when we’re just talking
casually like about things we need to do
we can make long sentences by chaining
verbs together in this way here’s a
quick example we went to get a rental
car to help our friends move to a new
apartment so this maybe is a little bit
awkward but it’s something that a native
speaker might say we just say everything
really quickly but let’s break this
sentence down so we went here’s my past
tense we went to get so here’s a cat a
native verb right here we went to get a
rental car so my linking verb here is in
the infinitive form to help so here’s
another cat a native verb in this case
it’s complex
so to help our friends who did we help
we helped our friends move so here’s my
linking verb
move to a new apartment so we can kind
of chain a lot of ideas together with
something like this so native speakers
as well when we’re speaking quickly
maybe we don’t make perfect sentences or
we don’t make complete sentences but we
use this kind of speaking we use this
kind of verb linking to make longer
ideas and longer sentences so I hope
that this helps you as you think about
how to put verbs together if you want
some more information on cat and native
verbs I would recommend checking just
doing a google search to see some lists
and some more example sentences of cat
and native verbs because there are there
are quite a few but we just kind of put
them together depending on the situation
depending on what we want to communicate
as with any other grammar point so I
hope that you get some practice with
this and pay attention to this when
you’re reading to see common types of
pairings that use this kind of grammar
so I hope that this was helpful for you
of course if you have any questions or
comments or if you want to practice
making example sentences with cat a
native verbs please feel free to do so
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