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Verb phrases contain both a verb and its dependents, such as a direct or indirect object. There are two main types of verb phrases: those that serve as the predicate of a clause or sentence, containing a helping verb in addition to the main verb, and those that function as an adverb or adjective, containing a verb and its modifiers or complements. Examples of verb phrases as predicates include "The author is writing a new book" and "I must make an 'A' in this class." Examples of verb phrases functioning as adverbs or adjectives include "Running on the wet floor, she slipped and broke her arm" and "It takes two people to tango." Verb phrases provide important information about the
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A verb phrase consists of two parts: a helping verb and a main verb. The helping verb comes before the main verb and begins the verb phrase. Examples of helping verbs include be, have, can, will, is, am, are, and were. There can be more than one helping verb or an adverb between the helping verb and main verb. However, words like "not" and "also" are not verbs and cannot be part of the verb phrase.
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A participial phrase consists of a participle plus other elements that function as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun. There are two types of participles: present participles ending in "-ing" and past participles ending in "-ed", "-en", "-d", "-t", or "-n". Participial phrases should be placed next to the words they modify and include those words. They are punctuated with commas when they begin a sentence or contain non-essential information.
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A verb phrase consists of a main verb combined with a helping verb, also known as an auxiliary verb. Some examples of verb phrases include "was preparing", "could speak", "may have been sleeping", and "must pay" which all contain a helping verb and main verb. A verb phrase is a group of words that together function as the verb, usually containing both a helping verb and main action verb like "are chasing" while a single verb like "chase" is not itself a verb phrase.
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A verb phrase consists of two parts: a helping verb and a main verb. The helping verb comes before the main verb and begins the verb phrase. Examples of helping verbs include be, have, can, will, is, am, are, and were. There can be more than one helping verb or an adverb between the helping verb and main verb. However, words like "not" and "also" are not verbs and cannot be part of the verb phrase.
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- 1. Verb Phrases Presented by Group 2
- 2. What is a verb and a phrase? Verb(noun)/v3:b//v3:rb/ • A word or group of words that describes an action, experience, or state, such as ‘come’, ‘see’ and ‘put on’ Phrases (noun) /freiz/ •technical a group of words without a finite verb, especially when they used to form part of a sentence, such as ‘walking along the road’ and ‘a bar of soap’
- 3. Defining a Verb Phrases • A verb phrase is the portion of a sentence that contains both the verb and either a direct or indirect object(the verb’s dependents). A verb phrases can be a predicate of a clause or sentence. A verb phrase can also be a phrase that functions as an adverb or adjective and contains a verb and its complements, objects, or modifiers.
- 4. Verb Phrases • Verbs are words that demonstrate an action, like sing, dance, smell, talk, and eat. They serve as a link between the subject of the verb and information about that subject. The information is usually descriptive. In order to show activities that can be done, active verbs are used while linking verbs describe conditions.
- 5. Active vs. Linking • She smells the pizza (active) • The wet dog smells awful (linking) • He appears on screen as an actor. • Tony appears angry.
- 6. Verb Phrases • Verb phrases take the verb once step further by comprising the verb, plus the complement, object, or adverb. Verb phrases, such as “She was walking quickly to the mall” comprise the verb(walking) and the complement(to the mall). • She was walking quickly to the mall
- 7. Verb Phrase • A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause. In this case, there will usually be a helping verb in addition to the verb. Here are some examples of a verb phrase as a predicate:
- 8. Verb Phrase examples as a predicate • The author is writing a new book • I must make an “A” in this class • The fierce cat might eat the fish. • My mother is fixing us some dinner.
- 9. Verb Phrases • Some verb phrases have a single function which means it can act like an adverb or an adjective. The phrase would include the verb and any modifiers, complements, or objects.
- 10. Verb Phrases • It takes two people to tango. • To bake a cake, you need flour and sugar. • Running on the wet floor, she slipped and broke her arm. • Finally, I have saved enough to buy a car.
- 11. Verb Phrases • All of these Different verb phrases demonstrate how the dependents of the verb provide important useful information for the reader about the action in the sentence. Verb phrases help to make your text more informative and meaningful and they are essential to a clear writing.
- 12. Verb phrase activity • Write at least 3 Verb Phrases that use as a predicate in the sentence you know and underline it. • And 2 Verb Phrases act like an adverb or an adjective in a sentence.
- 13. That’s all for today Goodbye class!