UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PARTICULAR BILINGUE JEFFERSON

12 A LANGUAGE ARTS: VERBS OF PERCEPTION

NAME____________________________

VERBS OF PERCEPTION + PRESENT PARTICIPLE OR BASE FORM OF VERBS.

A. Complete these sentences with the words in
brackets.
Example I couldnt see anything _________ (move).
I couldnt see anything _m__o_v_i_n_g__ .

1. Im sure I heard him _________ (talk) to you.
2. Have you lost something? I noticed you
_________ (look) under the chair.
3. Can you hear Sam _________ (sing)? Its
beautiful.
4. It was so frightening. I could feel you
_________ (shake) with fear.
5. She watched him _________ (walk) away.
6. I saw you _________ (hold) his hand.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form
of these words.

sneeze argue kiss hold burn touch

1. Hi Mary! Was that you I saw ______ Peter at
the party?
2. I could feel something ______ my leg, but I
didnt know what it was.
3. I could hear two people ______ with each
other.
4. I heard someone ______ loudly behind me.
5. Im sure I saw you ______ his hand.
6. Can you smell something ________?

C. Complete the story with the correct form of
the words in the box.

breathe burn follow move run watch

One evening I was walking home and I started to
feel very nervous. I was walking down a very dark
street and I could feel I wasnt alone. I could feel
someone (1) _______________ me and I was sure I
could hear their footsteps (2) ___ ____________ me.
I stopped and listened carefully. Yes! There it was. I
could hear someone (3) _______________ loudly and
smell their cigarette (4) _______________. I turned
round quickly and saw something (5)
______________ out of the corner of my eye. Then
BANG! The last thing I remember is that I heard
the sound of feet (6) ______________ away, and then
I woke up and found myself lying in this hospital bed.


D. COMPLETE WITH THE BASE FORM
OR THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE

1. I heard someone ___________ the door while I
was in the shower. (open)
2. As I drove by, I saw your friend ___________
on the road. (walk)
3. It is wonderful to hear the birds _____________
every morning. (sing)
4. I heard Joanna __________ for her piano recital
on my way out of the house. (practice)
5. I heard Joanna __________ for her piano recital
last nigh. (practice)
6. I heard the dog ____________ at the mailman
when he delivered the mail yesterday. (bark)
7. I heard the dog ____________ at the new
neighbor while I was driving into the garage.
(bark)
8. Before we realized it, we saw a deer
_______________ across the road just in front
of our car. Thankfully, he got to the other side
safely, because we could not have avoided
hitting him. (run)

9. Before we realized it, we saw a deer
______________across the road, right in front
of us. We put on our brakes quickly and just
missed hitting him by an inch, as he leapt
quickly out of the path of the car. (run)

10. When we were driving upstate, we heard the
Eastern Regional Symphony
_________Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It was
excellent from beginning to end.

11. When we were driving upstate, we heard the
Eastern Regional Symphony playing
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It was excellent,
but unfortunately we couldn't hear all of it
because we got out of range of the radio
station. (play)

12. It's wonderful to see a baby __________ and
hear a baby_________ when he plays. (smile/
laugh)

13. It's wonderful to see a baby ____________and
hear a baby___________ when playing with
his daddy. (smile/ laugh)