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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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