Anonymous  +  960952 Tue, 03 Nov 09 09:04 PM I have trouble distinguishing between those 2 forms.For example Yesterday, I saw him play soccer in the park. Yesterday, I saw him playing soccer in the park. The sams goes with other verbs like hear, watch or notice. I know they are slightly different in meaning but cannot see where. Please explain to me the difference between the 2 sentences above, and how the 2 structures hear/see/watch+verb and hear/see/watch+verb-ing work in general. Thanks a lkot. Anonymous

	dlawton  +  960971 Tue, 03 Nov 09 09:35 PM If you use "playing" instead of "play" in that example it has a very similar meaning.  When you add "ing" to a verb it means the action is on going.  So in the past, when you use a verb in the progressive form (ing) you are saying that this activity was going on when you observed it.  When you just put the verb in the past tense ( I saw him play soccer...) the action is not ongoing.  You saw the action and then it was over.     dlawton Joined on Mon, Oct 26 2009 New Member 07 dlawton Difference Between, Tenses, Past Tenses, Activities