English Grammar Final Collection notes-10 verb noun

verb noun

Verb noun can play the role of the noun, in the sentence as the subject, object, Predicative, attributive. Verb nouns still retain the general characteristics of verbs, and can have their own object and adverbial, constituting a noun phrase. The negative form of the verb noun is preceded by a negative word such as not, never and so on.

(a) The master language and the predicative. The verb noun phrase, when used in conjunction with and to make a subject, is called the pragmatic plural form. For example:

Fishing in this lake is forbidden. Fishing is forbidden in this lake.

Going abroad for a visit and settling down abroad is both different things. It is two different things to visit abroad and settle in a foreign country.

It seems that reading 中文版 is easier than speaking it. It seems easier to read English than to speak English.

My favorite hobby is fishing/collecting stamps. ? My favorite hobby is fishing/collecting stamps.

In it ' s no use; It ' s (no) good; It ' s useless; It ' s (not) wise; It ' s (not) worthwhile; It's in great (No, little) importance and other idiomatic expressions, it is the formal subject, and the verb noun phrase is put in the back. For example:

It ' s no use/good ringing she up now. It's useless to call her now.

Is it worthwhile bargaining the hours for the cents???? Is it worth bargaining for two cents for two hours?

It ' s wise trying again. It's wise to try again.

It is of great importance fighting against pollution. It is of great significance to stop pollution.

It is no use operating on the sick man. He should has been sent here early. It's no use doing surgery for the patient. Ben should have sent him earlier.

It is no good smoking;    You ' d better give it up. Smoking is not good, you'd better quit.

(b) Moving a noun phrase as an object. The commonly used verbs are: Admit admits, appreciate gratitude, avoid avoidance, advise advice, can ' t help, celebrate celebration, consider considerations, complete completed, contemplate meditation , plan, defer delay, delay delay, deny deny, detest hate, discontinue stop, dislike dislike, dispute disagree, endure endure, enjoy like, escape escape, excuse forgive, Fancy imagine, feel like want, finish end, forbidden, forgive forgive, hinder obstruction, imagine imagination, keep keep, mention mention, mind care, Miss Miss, pardon forgive, forgive, permit Xu, postpone postponed, practise practice, practice, prevent stop, recall memories, report reports, resent resentment, resist boycott, stop, risk adventure, stop stop, suggest advice, understand Understand, understand, and so on.

For example:

He avoided giving me a definite answer. He avoided giving me a correct answer.

David suggested selling your dog and car to pay the debt. David suggested selling your dog and car for debt.

(we changed the phrase to subjunctive: David suggested, should sell your dog and car to pay the debt.) ）

I couldn ' t risk missing that train. I can't take the risk of missing the train.

The following verbs can be used both as verb infinitive and as an object of noun:

Abhor abhorred, attempt tried, begin, cannot bear unbearable, cannot stand unbearable, cease stopped, continue, continued, decline refused, deserve worth, disdain contempt, Dread fear, endure patience, forget forget, hate hate, intend plan, learn learn, like, loathe aversion, love likes, mean mean, means, need need, neglect negligence, omit omit, ignore , plan plans, prefer prefers, propose suggests, regret regrets, remember remembers, require needs, scorn contempt, scorn, start, try try, effort, entail must, involve involved, Necessitate make necessary, etc. Most of the above verbs use infinitive or verb noun as the object meaning, individual difference.

(c) The verb noun phrase is the most when used as a preposition object. Especially after the phrasal verb. Such as:

The children is fond of listening to pop music. Children like pop music.

Is you interested in going to the show? Are you interested in going to the show?

Thomas insisted on doing it in the his own. Thomas insisted on doing it in his own way.

We changed the phrase to subjunctive: Thomas insisted that he (should) does it in the his own way.

Excuse me for interrupting. Please forgive me for disturbing you,

Since returning from Xi ' A, he has been busy. He has been very busy since he came back from Xi ' an.

He warned me against swimming in this lake. ?? He warned me not to swim in the lake.

Instead of the infinitive phrase: He warned me not to swim in this lake.

We came out without being seen. We came out without being seen.

Before finishing your homework, you ' d better not go out. Before you finish your homework, you'd better not go out.

Instead, use before as a conjunction: Before you finish your homework, you ' d better not go out.

(d) Verb nouns can also have their own logical subject, that is, the noun phrase in front of the owner of the possessive pronouns or nouns. The verb noun phrase with logical subject can be used as subject, object, predicative and so on. In the informal style, the possessive pronouns are often simplified into the personal pronouns, and the nouns are reduced to nouns. For example:

I insisted on he (him) going to the cinema with me. I insisted that he go to see the film with me.

I can hardly imagine Peter (Peter's) sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in five days. I can't imagine Peter sailing across the Atlantic in five days.

Linda's coming'll does you good. (subject) The arrival of Linda is good for you.

What made him angry is their (them) laughing. What made him angry was that they laughed.

(v) Completion and passive voice of verbs:

(1) The action of completing the verb noun is preceded by the predicate action. For example:

I apologize for have broken my promise. I didn't keep my promise, I apologized.

I don ' t remember have talked with him before. ?? I don't remember having spoken to him before.

Hate does not meet when not married. →i regret not have met you before my marriage/before I got married.

(2) when the logical subject of a noun is the object or the bear of the verb, the verb should be used in the passive voice. For example:

I could no longer stand being treated like that. I can't stand being treated that way anymore.

She was proud of have been trained in the U.K. She is proud of being trained in England.

He doesn't like to laugh at others. →he doesn ' t like laughing at others.

He doesn't like to be laughed at. →he doesn ' t like being laughed at.

(vi) Certain verbs can be connected to the infinitive can also be used to take the noun as an object, but the meaning is different.

(1) likes, love, hate, prefer and other expressions of affection, the offensive verb behind, the use of verbs can also be used as an object, the meaning of the difference is not small. But when there are should or would in front of these words, be sure to use a verb infinitive as an object. Express desire, willingness, intention. For example:

She likes dancing. But she wouldn ' t like to dance with you. She likes dancing. But he doesn't like to dance with you. Especially

He looked tired and I didn ' t like to disturb him. He looks very tired, I don't want to disturb him.

I don ' t like the reading, but I'm like-to-read a magazine in bed tonight. I don't like reading, but I want to read a magazine in bed tonight.

Little Jim should love to being taken to the theatre this evening. Little Jim likes to be taken to the theatre tonight.

The reporter would/should like to see you again. The journalist wants to see you again.

We don talking about people behind their backs. We don't like talking about people behind our backs.

Hate to do Sth says, "I really don't want to do something, but I have to." Such as:

I hate to disturb you now, but I have no choice. I really don't want to disturb you now, but there is no way.

(2) forget to do sth. Forget about doing sth (not done)

Forget doing sth. Forget to do sth (done)

For example:

The light in the office was still on. She forgot to turn it off. The office lights are still on. She forgot to turn it off. (The action of turning off the light is not done)

The light in the office is off. She turned it off, but she forgot turning it off. The light in the office is not lit. She turned it off, but she forgot to turn the light off. (The lights have been turned off, she forgot)

She came back to pay me 200 yuan yesterday. She forgot to have me last month. →she came to pay back $ A to me again yesterday. She forgot had paid it back to me last month.

( 3 Remember to do sth. Remember to do sth.

Remember doing sth. Remember doing sth.

For example:

Do you remember meeting me at a party last year? Do you remember seeing me at a party last year? (Has been met)

You must remember to leave tomorrow. You must remember to leave tomorrow. (not left yet)

(4)stop to do sth. Stop to do another thing

Stop doing sth. Stop doing sth.

For example:

She stopped to has a rest on a big rock by the side of the path. She stopped and rested on a large stone by the roadside.

As long as you live, your heart never stops beating, your heart will never stop beating as long as you live.

(5) regret to do sth. To express regret for what has not been done or is being done;

Regret doing sth. To regret what has been done

For example:

I regret saying that. ? I regret having said that.

I regret to the following truth. ? I am very sorry to tell you the following fact.

( 6 try to do sth work hard to do sth.

Try doing sth. Give it a try.

For example:

You must try to do it again. You must try to do it again.

Let's try doing the work in some. Let's try doing the work in another way.

(7) mean to do sth. Intend to do sth.

Mean doing sth. means to do sth.

For example:

If It means delaying more than a week, I'll not wait. If that means delaying for one weeks, I won't wait.

I mean to help you, and nothing else. I want to help you, nothing else.

I'm not trying to hurt you, I'm sorry. →i didn ' t mean to hurt. I ' m sorry.

Declaring Taiwan independence was a declaration of war against China. →declaring Taiwan independent means declaring war on China.

(8) go on to do sth. Doing one thing and doing another

Go on doing sth continue to do the same thing

For example:

After he finished the He maths, he went on to does his physics. After he finished his maths, he went on to do physics.

I hope it won ' t go on raining all day long. ? I hope the rain doesn't stop all day.

Now do some exercises:

1. Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese meanings in brackets:

1) (swimming) is a very enjoyable exercise. (swimming)

2) He work is (repair bicycle). (Repairing bicycles)

3) Europeans uses an knife and a fork (eat meat). (for eating meat)

4) We'll only have succeed by (hard work). (Working hard)

5) I don ' t want to force u into (do something against what you are willing to do). (doing something against your would)

6) Tom hates (Get up after 9 o ' clock in the morning). (Getting up before 9 o ' clock)

7) I could ' t help (late). (Being late)

8) (Waiting for useless) there won ' t be another bus. (IT ' s no use waiting)

9) is you against (meeting today). (Have the meeting today)

Instead of (criticized), she ought to be praised. (being criticized)

2. Translate the following sentences into English using the verb noun structure:

1) She heard a knock at the door and stopped working to open the door.

When she heard the knocking in the door, she stopped working to open the door.

2) Thank you for writing to me.

Thank writing to me.

3) The rain stopped and the sun began to come out.

It stopped raining and the sun began to shine.

4) I hope you forgive me for asking so many questions.

I hope you'll excuse me for have asked all these questions.

5) You have something to eat, don't be embarrassed to say it.

If you want something to eat, don't be shy by saying so.

6) I've always liked to work here.

I have all enjoyed working here.

7) I suggest waiting for another half hour.

I suggest waiting for another half an hour.

8) I have to think (believe) that another unfortunate event is going to happen.

I can ' t help believing that another unlucky event would happen.

9) I look forward to receiving his letter.

I am looking forward to receiving his letters.

the car needs repairing.

That car wants fixing up (repairing).

I remember closing the lights before we left the room.

I remember switching off the lights before we left the same.

you are used to getting up early.

You is quite used to getting up early.

Chinese fans are looking forward to seeing these football stars.

Chinese football (soccer) fans is looking forward to seeing the football stars.

The light is good enough to read.

The light was good enough for reading.

as a Chinese, he was proud.

He is proud of being a Chinese.

I am good at swimming.

I am good at swimming.

He tried (try one ' s hand at) to write a book.

He has tried his hand at writing a book.

I really remember meeting him last year.

I do remember meeting him last year.

Open the door and let the cat out of the way, okay? (Do your mind ...)

Does your mind opening the door to let the cat out?

This film is well worth a look.

This film is the well worth seeing.

3. Fill in the blanks with infinitive or verb nouns:

1) He wanted ____ (see) The book I had bought.

→to See

2) Please stop ___ (walk) about the guest and sit down.

→walking

3) I called ____ (see) Her yesterday but she is out.

→to See

4) in 1969, the "states succeeded in ____" (send) a rocket to the Moon and __ (land) of the astronaut s on its surface.

→sending; Landing

5) We decided ___ (put) off the meeting until Saturday.

→to put

6) Let me __ (see) what is doing.

→see

7) when the professor finishes ____ (speak), we'll ask him a question.

→speaking

8) He made her ___ (go) although she wanted ___ (stay).

→go; To stay

9) Please remember ___ (give) her.

→to give

We heard him ___ (say) that he disliked _____ (go) abroad any more.

→say; Going

one) the child enjoyed __ (play) at the seaside.

→playing

The little boy is made ___ (take) the medicine.

→to Take

I watched the shop assistant ___ to the goods down for the shelf and put them on the counter.

→take

He remembers ___ (go) to Shanghai with his parents when he is five.

→going

She had her husband ___ (wash) her dirty linen.

→wash

the thief kept ____ (say) He hadn ' t taken the purse.

→saying

The policeman saw him ___ (steal) the bicycle and ride away on it.

→steal

I ' ve persuaded him ___ (help) US do the job.

→to Help

) You had better ___ (go) home now. It looks like rain.

→go

me___ (know) if you had decided ____ (GO).

→know; To go

He promised ___ (come) to his party.

→to come

I Forget ____ (see) you there.

→seeing

at a) Don ' t forget ___ (see) Your Grandma this Sunday.

→to See

I must apologize for not ___ (let) know earlier.

→letting

English Grammar Final Collection notes-10 verb noun