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8)COMPLEX OBJECT

Verb
* Infinitive with to
* Bare infinitive
* V-ing

Verbs of sense
See, hear, watch, listen, feel, notice
After these verbs we use bare infinitive or
V-ing

1 Ifelt somebody touch my shoulders.


2. Ifelt somebody touching my shoulders.

Make, let, have


After these verbs we use bare infinitive.

- The teacher lets us use a dictionary.

Want, tell, ask, expect, would like, order, know, etc.


After other verbs we use infinitive

- My mother wants me to go to the university.


- We know Darkhan to be a good doctor.

9)COMPLEX SUBJECT

* to be + Past Participle + Infinitive


VERBS OF SAYING
to know
to think
to state
to report
to say
to announce

- She is known to live in France.

Verbs of mental activity


to expect
to suppose
to believe
to consider
to ask

- The student is expected to become a famous writer.

* Verbs of sense
to see, to hear, to notice, to observe
-The car was seen to disappear.

* Compound predicate
to be likely, to be unlikely,to be certain ,to be sure

- She is likely to succeed.

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