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                 Grammar: Complex Object with the verbs


                                                of perception.




                Grammar Reference: Complex Object with the verbs of perception.
                     Complex  Object  is  used  after  the  verbs  of  perception:  'hear',  'see',
                'watch', 'notice', ‘feel’. It is formed with an object + infinitive without to
                when we talk about a whole of an action, or an object + ing form when we
                talk about an action in progress.
                     I heard someone singing.

                     He saw his friend walking along the road.
                     They noticed something burning.
                     I watched the birds flying away.
                     We saw him come into the room.
                     He felt someone touch his hand.
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