Two Grammar Questions
1. We heard him _____ this story yesterday.A) To tellB) Tell
C) Told
D) Had toldE) Has told
Past Simple or Past Perfect? I think, Past Simple.
2. We saw _____ the paper.
A) Them signingB) Them to signC) They signD) They to sign
E) They signing
In my test, "them signing" is the correct answer. Why not 'they signing'? For me it's better.
Top answer
) and either a plain verb or an -ing verb. We heard him tell the story. / We heard him telling the story.
- ) and either a plain verb or an -ing verb.
- We heard him tell the story.
- / We heard him telling the story.
- We saw them sign the document.
- / We saw them signing the document.
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Verbs of perception, e.g., see, hear, take an object pronoun (him, me, us, etc.) and either a plain verb or an -ing verb.
We heard him tell the story. / We heard him telling the story.
We saw them sign the document. / We saw them signing the document.
The only tense involved is the tense of the first verb, past simple in both cas
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