See somebody do and see somebody doing

Exercise 1 

Complete the answers to the questions.

1)

Did anybody go out?

I don't think so. I didn't see ________

2)

Has Sarah arrived yet?

Yes, I think I heard her ________

3)

How do you know I took the money?

I know because I saw you ________

4)

Did the doorbell ring?

I don't think so. I didn't hear ________

5)

Can Tom play the piano?

I've never heard ________

6)

Did I lock the door when I went out?

Yes, I saw ________

7)

How did the woman fall?

I don't know. I didn't see ________

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1)

1  anybody go out

2  arrive

3  take it / do it

4  it ring

5  him play or him playing

6  you lock it / you do it

7 her fall

Exercise 2 

In each of these situations you and a friend saw, heard or smelt something. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

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1) We saw Kate ________

2) We saw David and Helen ________

3) We saw ________ in a restaurant.

4) We heard ________

5) We could ________

6) _____

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2)

1  We saw Kate waiting for a bus.

2  We saw David and Helen playing tennis.

3  We saw Clare eating in a restaurant. / … having a meal in a restaurant.

4  We heard Bill playing his guitar.

5  We could smell the dinner burning.

6  We saw Linda jogging/running.

Exercise 3 

Complete these sentences. Use the following verbs (in the correct form):

climb     come     crawl     cry     explode     ride

run       say      sing      slam    sleep       tell

1) Listen to the birds ________!

2) I didn't hear you ________ in.

3) We listened to the old man ________ his story from beginning to end.

4) Listen! Can you hear a baby ________?

5) I looked out of the window and saw Dan ________ his bike along the road.

6) I thought I heard somebody ________ 'Hi', so I looked round.

7) We watched two men ________ across the garden and ________ through an open window into the house.

8) Everybody heard the bomb ________ . It was a tremendous noise.

9) Oh! I can feel something ________ . up leg! It must be an insect.

10) I heard somebody ________ the door in the middle of the night. It woke me up.

11) When we got home, we found a cat ________ on the kitchen table.

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3)

1  singing   2  come

3  tell          8  explode

4  crying     9  crawling

5  riding     10  slam

6  say          11  sleeping

7  run … climb