Intermediate Quiz 16

1. I saw him _____ the document.

take

took

takes

taken

 

Answer:

I saw him (take) the document.

 

We can use see with the following pattern:

 

 

See can be in the different forms (see, sees, saw, seen, seeing) depending on the tense of the sentence.

 

I saw him take the document.

I saw him takes the document. (wrong)

I saw him took the document. (wrong)

I saw him taken the document. (wrong)

 

I saw him take the document.

= I observed the whole event where he took the document (from start to finish).

 

2. I saw him _____ to someone.

talks

talked

talking

was talking

 

Answer:

I saw him (talking) to someone.

 

We can use see with the following pattern:

 

 

See can be in the different forms (see, sees, saw, seen, seeing) depending on the tense of the sentence.

 

I saw him talking to someone.

I saw him talks to someone. (wrong)

I saw him talked to someone. (wrong)

I saw him was talking to someone. (wrong)

 

I saw him talking to someone.

= I did not observe the whole action from start to finish. When I saw him, he was already talking to this person.

 

3. I saw the offer _____ on TV.

advertise

advertises

advertised

advertising

 

Answer:

I saw the offer (advertised) on TV.

 

We can use see with the following pattern:

 

 

I saw the offer advertised on TV.

I saw the offer advertise on TV. (wrong)

I saw the offer advertises on TV. (wrong)

I saw the offer advertising on TV. (wrong)

 

I saw the offer advertised on TV.

= I saw the offer when it was advertised on TV.

 

4. I hate to see you _____.

unhappy

be unhappy

are unhappy

 

Answer:

I hate to see you (unhappy).

 

We can use see with the following pattern:

 

 

I hate to see you (unhappy).

= I don’t want you to be unhappy.

 

5. I could see _____ she was disappointed.

if

that

what

which

 

Answer:

I could see (that) she was disappointed.

 

We can use see with the following pattern:

 

see + that + subject + verb

 

I could see (that) she was disappointed.

= She was disappointed and I could see that.