I saw a dog running ... and knock/knocked down by a car.

[Tan Elaine]

I saw a dog running across the road and knock/knocked down by a car.

Which verb in bold should I use?

Thanks.

[emsr2d2]

I saw a dog running across the road and knock/knocked down by a car.

Which verb in bold should I use?

Thanks.

You need more words in the sentence.

"I saw a dog running across the road and then [suddenly] it was knocked down by a car."

At a push, you could just about say "I saw a dog running across the road and being knocked down by a car" but it doesn't sound very natural.

Had you started with "A dog ran..." then it would have been "A dog ran across the road and was knocked down by a car" without needing "then it was".

[dilodi83]

You need more words in the sentence.

"I saw a dog running across the road and then [suddenly] it was knocked down by a car."

At a push, you could just about say "I saw a dog running across the road and being knocked down by a car" but it doesn't sound very natural.

Had you started with "A dog ran..." then it would have been "A dog ran across the road and was knocked down by a car" without needing "then it was".

could we substitute knock down with pull down in this sentence?

- I saw a dog running across the road andsuddenly it was pulled down by a car.

or: I saw a dog running across the road andsuddenly a car ran into it. (Is it also possible?)

[bhaisahab]

could we substitute knock down with pull down in this sentence?

- I saw a dog running across the road and suddenly it was pulled down by a car. No.

or: I saw a dog running across the road and suddenly a car ran into it. (Is it also possible?) this is possible but less natural than this from emsr2d2: "A dog ran across the road and was knocked down by a car".

Bhai.

[emsr2d2]

"To be knocked down by" is a very specific term for being hit by a car. We wouldn't use (in BrE) anything except "knocked down by", "hit by" or "run over by".

If death was the result, we might say "He was killed by a car" but it's more usual to say "run over and killed by..."