Some pupils think that when a sentence is in the past tense, every verb in that sentence must be in the past tense.
There are many exceptions to that rule. Today, we'll talk about the Noun-Verb-Noun-Verb (NVNV) exception.
Example: He felt the blood drain from his face when he saw the dark and menacing shadow.
Note the word 'drain' is in the base form, aka root form or the infinitive form. This is because whenever we have a NVNV occurrence, regardless of whatever tense the sentence is in, the second verb has to be in the infinitive form.
To illustrate this point more clearly, look at the sentence again:
He (Noun 1) felt (Verb 1) the blood (Noun 2) drain (Verb 2) from his face when he saw the dark and menacing shadow.
The sentence is in the past tense form (we can tell that from the use of the words 'felt' and 'saw') but the verb 'drain' is in the base form because of the NVNV rule.
There are other complications like the addition of linking words and the use of the Present Participle but we'll keep the NVNV rule simple for this post.
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Advanced Composition
1. The deafening blare of the horn tore through the air.
2. collision
3. gesticulating
4. uttered an expletive
5. The force of the blow threw Father against the bonnet.
6. subdued
7. satisfied
8. I hope he had learnt to curb his temper and would not succumb to road rage again in the future.
Intermediate Composition
1. My curiosity was piqued and I decided to investigate.
2. protruding
3. hesitated
4. sandwich
5. ravenously
6. grateful
7. gesture
8. suspicion
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