{"id":14078,"date":"2020-08-17T10:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14078"},"modified":"2020-08-18T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:00:47","slug":"catenative-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/08\/catenative-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Catenative Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We form catenative verbs by combining a main verb and one or more other main verbs. Thereby, forming a verb chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We combine catenative verbs with other verbs among one or more of these three verb forms: <strong>infinitive (bare and to-infinitive), -ing, or past participle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Form Catenative Verbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-accent-background-color\"><strong>Catenative Verb  +  Main Verb 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In theory, there is really no limit to the number of catenative verbs in one chain. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>2 verbs: The children <strong>like to try<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>to feed<\/strong> the zoo animals.<\/p><p>3 verbs: He <strong>doesn\u2019t want to have to go<\/strong> to the airport too early.<\/p><p>5 verbs: She&nbsp;<strong>decided to enroll to start learning to cook<\/strong>&nbsp;Mediterranean dishes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catenative Verb + Infinitive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Combine the catenative verb and bare infinitives: <strong>hear (say\/tell), help, let (go), make (do)<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We&nbsp;<strong>hear tell<\/strong>&nbsp;that the department head had stepped down.<\/p><p>Please <strong>help clean up<\/strong> the garage.<\/p><p>In times of a crisis, <strong>make do<\/strong> of what you have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can also put the catenative verb together with to-infinitives:  <strong>afford, agree, aim, appear to, apply, arrange, ask, beg, care, choose, claim, condescend, consent, contract, contrive, dare, decide, decline, demand, deserve, determine, endeavor, expect, fail, happen to, help, hesitate, hope, long, manage, mean, offer, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, resolve, seek, seem to, strive, struggle, swear, threaten, undertake, volunteer, want, wish<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They didn&#8217;t&nbsp;<strong>agree to pay<\/strong>&nbsp;that much for the classes.<\/p><p>You&nbsp;<strong>seem to like<\/strong>&nbsp;surfing a lot.<\/p><p>The board of directors&nbsp;<strong>want to expand<\/strong>&nbsp;worldwide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catenative Verb + -ing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We also combine catenative verbs with -ing verbs: <strong>be used to, (can) face, admit, advocate, anticipate, appreciate, avoid, can&#8217;t help, can&#8217;t stand, carry on, consider, contemplate, defer, deny, detest, dislike, enjoy, entail, escape, fancy, favor, finish, get used to, give up, go, imagine, insist on, involve, justify, keep on, look forward to, mention, mind, necessitate, object to, postpone, practice, put off, report, resent, risk, save, stop, suggest, tolerate<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They&nbsp;<strong>admitted using <\/strong>the organization&#8217;s funds on their personal trips.<\/p><p>You can&#8217;t&nbsp;<strong>practice speaking <\/strong>in public&nbsp;in this job.<\/p><p>She&nbsp;<strong>keeps on bothering<\/strong>&nbsp;her sister with the same question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catenative Verb + to-infinitive vs. -ing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can follow several catenative verbs with either to-infinitive or -ing (<strong>can&#8217;t bear, begin, bother, cease, continue, hate, intend, like, love, neglect, prefer, start<\/strong>) without really affecting their meanings in both sentences.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Did they&nbsp;<strong>bother to check<\/strong>&nbsp;it? = Did they&nbsp;<strong>bother checking<\/strong>&nbsp;it?<\/p><p>She&nbsp;<strong>loves to sew<\/strong>. = She&nbsp;<strong>loves sewing<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The fire&nbsp;<strong>started to engulf <\/strong>the entire house<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;= The fire&nbsp;<strong>started engulfing <\/strong>the entire house<strong>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There are times when combining catenative verbs with either to-infinitive or -ing (<strong>come, go on, need, regret, remember, propose, try<\/strong>) change their meanings completely.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Her parents\u00a0<strong>came to love<\/strong>\u00a0her chosen profession.\u00a0<em>(=Her parents gradually realized it is a good profession.<\/em>) vs. The tires\u00a0<strong>came tumbling down<\/strong>\u00a0the hill.\u00a0(<em>The tires move in this direction.<\/em>)<\/p><p>He\u00a0<strong>remembered to send<\/strong>\u00a0the letter to her.\u00a0(=<em>He remembered to do the action.<\/em>) vs. He\u00a0<strong>remembers sending<\/strong>\u00a0the letter to her. (<em>=He recalls doing the action.<\/em>)<\/p><p>The police\u00a0<strong>tried to pacify<\/strong>\u00a0the riots, but to no avail. <em>(=The police attempted to do the action.)<\/em> vs. The police\u00a0<strong>try soliciting information <\/strong>from the citizens. <em>(=The police try to experiment with this approach to get information..)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catenative Verb + Past Participle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We usually combine <strong>get<\/strong> with&nbsp;a past participle verb.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>She was so annoyed with him. She wanted him to <strong>get lost<\/strong>.<\/p><p>When am I going to&nbsp;<strong>get refunded<\/strong>?<\/p><p>Don&#8217;t&nbsp;<strong>get started<\/strong> with the party until we arrive, okay?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">False Catenative Verbs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In some cases, a verb chain does not automatically make a catenative.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Infinitive of Purpose: They <strong>stopped to buy<\/strong> some food<em>.<\/em><\/p><p>Catenative: They&nbsp;<strong>wanted to buy<\/strong>&nbsp;some food.<\/p><p>Infinitive of Purpose: She <strong>stopped to talk<\/strong> to her colleague.<\/p><p>Catenative: She&nbsp;<strong>stopped talking<\/strong>&nbsp;to her colleague.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We form catenative verbs by combining a main verb and one or more other main verbs. 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