Complex Catenative Construction Quiz

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1. When a catenative verb has an object, the object usually comes _______ the catenative verb and second verb.

after
before
between
a) after b) before c) between

2. Which of these sentences has a complex catenative construction?

He asked me to come over
He asked me over
I went to his place
a) He asked me to come over b) He asked me over c) I went to his place

3. Which sentence includes the verb + object + bare infinitive construction?

She helped me cook
She asked me to cook
She told me to cook
a) She helped me cook b) She asked me to cook c) She told me to cook

4. Which includes the verb + object + to-infinitive construction?

She helped me cook
She asked me to cook
She watched me cook
a) She helped me cook b) She asked me to cook c) She watched me cook

5. Which includes the verb + object + -ing construction?

Ben loves my cooking
I like Ben's cooking
We watched Ben cooking
a) She helped me cook b) I like Ben's cooking c) We watched Ben cooking

6. Which includes the verb + object + past participle construction?

She had her lawn mown
She mowed her lawn
She is mowing her lawn
a) She had her lawn mown b) She mowed her lawn c) She is mowing her lawn

7. Which uses a complex catenative construction?

I want to help
I want them to help
They asked for help
a) I want to help b) I want them to help c) They asked for help

8. "We saw Noah win his first gold medal." Which is the catenative verb?

saw
win
first
a) saw b) win c) first

9. Which form of the verb is correct? "The receptionist told Joe

to be waiting
to waiting
to wait
a) to be waiting b) to waiting c) to wait

10. Which construction does "We had the house painted" use?

verb + object + bare infinitive
verb + object + infinitive
verb + object + past participle
a) verb + object + bare infinitive b) verb + object + infinitive c) verb + object + past participle

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