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Help Detective Barnaby finalize his dramatic surveillance report. Select ALL the sentences that are grammatically correct.
The correct answers are I watched the suspect sneak into the bakery and steal a cupcake. and I watched the suspect sneaking into the bakery through the back door.
The verb watch is a verb of perception. The grammatical pattern is: watch + object + bare infinitive OR watch + object + -ing form.
- "Sneak" (bare infinitive) focuses on the completed action.
- "Sneaking" (-ing form) focuses on the action in progress.
You cannot use a to-infinitive ("to sneak") or a conjugated verb ("sneaks") after the object.