G18 · Gramática

Complex Verb Patterns

Verb + object + to-infinitive · Verb + object + base verb · Preposition patterns

Visão Geral: Complex Verb Patterns

No nível B2 você domina padrões sintáticos de combinação verbal complexa com objetos diretos/indiretos, infinitivos sem 'to' e regências preposicionadas.

Verbos Comuns
allow, advise, enable, encourage, forbid, force, invite, order, remind, warn
Exemplo 1
Software enables users to create designs quickly.
Exemplo 2
She encouraged him to apply for the scholarship.

Padrão 2: Verb + Object + Bare Infinitive (Sem 'to')

Let & Make
Exigem o verbo base SEM 'to':
My boss let me leave early.
The teacher made us rewrite the essay.
Verbos de Percepção (see, hear, watch)
I saw him cross the street. (vi a ação completa)
I saw him crossing the street. (vi a ação em andamento)

Padrão 3: Verb + Preposição + Object + -ing

Regência Preposicionada
prevent from, stop from, congratulate on, blame for:
The rain prevented us from playing the match.
Blame
blame someone for doing something / blame something on someone
Importante: Lembre-se: após 'let' e 'make', nunca use 'to'! Diga 'He made me DO it' (nunca 'made me to do it'). No entanto, na voz passiva de 'make', o 'to' retorna: 'I was MADE TO DO it'.

Erros comuns de falantes de português

He made me to repeat the exercise.
→
He made me repeat the exercise.
Após 'make' ativo, use o verbo base sem 'to'.
They let us to use the pool.
→
They let us use the pool.
Após 'let', não use 'to'.
Bad weather prevented us to leave.
→
Bad weather prevented us from leaving.
'Prevent' exige a preposição 'from' + gerúndio.
I recommend you to buy this book.
→
I recommend buying this book / recommend that you buy.
Evite 'recommend + pessoa + to-infinitive'.

Resumo: Complex Verb Patterns

Com 'to'
allow/enable/encourage + pessoa + to-infinitive
Allowed us to enter.
Sem 'to'
let / make + pessoa + verbo base
Let me go / Made us stay.
Preposição
prevent/stop someone from -ing
Prevented us from going.
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