Only 1) is correct.Dear teachers,
If I change these sentences to past tense, which sentence is correct?
1) Mother wanted to hear Tom speak.
2) Mother wanted to hear Tom spoke.
Kam shing
1) Mother wants to hear Tom speak.
2) Mother wants to hear Tom spoke.
[STRIKE]Dearteachers,[/STRIKE] Unnecessary. Just go ahead and ask your question. Which sentence is correct?[STRIKE]Kam shing[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.
:-D[STRIKE]Dear teachers,[/STRIKE] Unnecessary, and members who are not teachers can answer.
If I change these sentences to the past tense, which sentence is correct?
1) Mother wanted to hear Tom speak.
2) Mother wanted to hear Tom spoke.
[STRIKE]Kam shing[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.
She wanted to hear Tom speak.
In this sentence, why is the bare infinitive used at the end? [STRIKE]uses the bare infinitive?[/STRIKE]
Let me explain first. If I am wrong, please correct me.
[STRIKE]Tn[/STRIKE] In this sentence, the [STRIKE]original sentence[/STRIKE] wording should be:
She wanted to hear Tom to speak. The word "to" was deleted. 'To speak' is the bare infinitive.
When I asked this [STRIKE]questions[/STRIKE] questionin the BBC forum and later in the Mustardland forum, all the teachers and learners [STRIKE]like[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]chose[/STRIKE] to answer my [STRIKE]questions[/STRIKE] question and they explained their answers.
I [STRIKE]still[/STRIKE] remember that Rover was in the above forums.
Good dictionaries can help you, for example:She wanted to hear Tom to speak.
Is this sentence also correct?
Because 'hear' is a verb of perception. See https://www.englishgrammar.org/verbs-perception/She wanted to hear Tom speak.
In this sentence, why the end uses the bare infinitive?