VERBS OF PERCEPTION

Após verbos que indiquem percepção física, podemos usar tanto o GERÚNDIO como o INFINITIVO SEM O TO.

Esses verbos são:

TO FEEL - FELT - FELT = sentir
TO HEAR - HEARD - HEARD = ouvir
TO LISTEN (TO) = ouvir
TO LOOK (AT) = olhar
TO NOTICE = notar
TO OBSERVE = observar
TO PERCEIVE = perceber
TO SEE - SAW - SEEN = ver

She felt her heart beat.
She felt her heart beating.
(Ela sentiu o coração bater.)

Can you hear the birds sing?
Can you hear the birds singing?
(Você pode ouvir os pássaros cantando?)

You shouldn't listen to other students talk.
You shouldn't listen to other students talking.
(Você não deve escutar a conversa dos outros estudantes.)

I saw him run away.
I saw him running away.
(Eu o vi correr longe.)



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