Complex Object. Type
1st
2nd
3rd
After the verbs
Complex Object
Want, wish, would somebody
to +V
like, like, hate, desire,
expect, know, believe,
consider, get, cause.
Let, make
somebody V
See, hear, feel, notice, somebody V (completed
watch
action)
V-ing (action
in progress)
Hear, see, notice,
to + V
make, allow
1. Use to where necessary.
1. We expected Mr. Green help
us. 2. Let the boy_do what he
wants. 3. Ann saw her_drive a
car. 4. I noticed Jill ___ take a bag
and go out. 5. Do you want me
play with your brother. 6. The
teacher made me do these
exercises. 7. We like our mother
read us fairy-tales.
Passive
Voice​

1. We expected Mr. Green to help us.
To form a complex object after the verb "expected", we use the infinitive "to help". This shows that Mr. Green was expected to perform the action of helping us.

2. Let the boy do what he wants.
To form a complex object after the verb "let", we use the base form of the verb "do". This indicates that the boy is being allowed to do whatever he wants.

3. Ann saw her driving a car.
To form a complex object after the verb "saw", we use the gerund form "driving". This indicates that Ann witnessed her (someone) performing the action of driving a car.

4. I noticed Jill taking a bag and go out.
To form a complex object after the verb "noticed", we use the gerund form "taking". This indicates that I observed Jill (someone) performing the action of taking a bag. However, there is an error in the sentence. It should be "taking a bag and going out" instead of "take a bag and go out" to maintain parallelism.

5. Do you want me to play with your brother?
To form a complex object after the verb "want", we use the infinitive "to play". This indicates that the speaker is asking if the listener wants them to perform the action of playing with their brother.

6. The teacher made me do these exercises.
To form a complex object after the verb "made", we use the base form of the verb "do". This shows that the teacher forced or caused the speaker to perform the action of doing these exercises.

7. We like our mother to read us fairy-tales.
To form a complex object after the verb "like", we use the infinitive "to read". This indicates that we enjoy or prefer our mother (someone) performing the action of reading fairy-tales to us.

Passive Voice:
The passive voice is not directly related to the topic of complex objects. It involves changing the sentence structure to make the object of the active sentence become the subject of the passive sentence. It is not applicable to the given sentences.