NOT your everyday 'Movie' Thread. Believe it! (and "PiO" is in the title!)

[Meriweather]

Searching for Bobby Fisher

 

[kimmar067]

That German classic.....


Go Trabi Go

 

[kimmar067]

Meet the Fockers

 

[Meriweather]

Drive

 

[PrincessInOz]

Looking for Alibrandi

 

[kimmar067]

Looking for Alibrandi

....that's a participle, not a verb...... [ ]

 

[kimmar067]

Waiting to Exhale

 

[Meriweather]

Surviving Christmas

 

[kimmar067]

Looking for Alibrandi

....that's a participle, not a verb...... [ ]

Surviving Christmas

[...the verb can't have an 'ing' at the end....]

 

[kimmar067]

Pay it Forward

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Run

 

[kimmar067]

Live and Let Die

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Remember the Titans

 

[PrincessInOz]

Bend it Like Beckham

 

[PrincessInOz]

....that's a participle, not a verb...... [ ]

As you're the teacher, I believe you.....but....

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/types.html

List of Mixed Verbs with Examples and Definitions:

to appear:

•Donna appears confused. Non-Continuous Verb
Donna seems confused.
•My favorite singer is appearing at the jazz club tonight. Normal Verb
My favorite singer is giving a performance at the jazz club tonight.

to have:

•I have a dollar now. Non-Continuous Verb
I possess a dollar.
•I am having fun now. Normal Verb
I am experiencing fun now.

to hear:

•She hears the music. Non-Continuous Verb
She hears the music with her ears.
•She is hearing voices. Normal Verb
She hears something others cannot hear. She is hearing voices in her mind.

to look:

•Nancy looks tired. Non-Continuous Verb
She seems tired.
•Farah is looking at the pictures. Normal Verb
She is looking with her eyes.

 

[kimmar067]

•Nancy looks tired. Non-Continuous Verb
She seems tired.
•Farah is looking at the pictures. Normal Verb
She is looking with her eyes.

...."is" is the main verb in that situation, not "looking" (that is a 'helping verb' but is not a verb on its own.... )

 

[kimmar067]

Catch Me if You Can

 

[kimmar067]

Die Hard with a Vengeance

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Meet Me in St. Louis

 

[PrincessInOz]

...."is" is the main verb in that situation, not "looking" (that is a 'helping verb' but is not a verb on its own.... )

Ooooh! My apologies then.