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- What is a verb phrase example?
- What do you mean by verb phrase?
- What is verb phrase in English grammar?
- How do you identify a verb phrase?
What is a verb phrase example?
The phrase would include the verbal (participle, gerund or infinitive) and any modifiers, complements or objects. Examples of verb phrases versus verbal phrases include: The man was texting on his phone. ... (verbal phrase texting on his phone functions as an adjective; swerved is the verb)
What do you mean by verb phrase?
In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of at least one verb and its dependents—objects, complements and other modifiers—but not always including the subject. ... A verb phrase is similar to what is considered a predicate in more traditional grammars.
What is verb phrase in English grammar?
a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
How do you identify a verb phrase?
A verb phrase includes a verb and one or more helping verbs.
- Verb phrases are composed of helping verb(s) and a main verb.
- Helping verbs help a verb express time or a state of being.
- Verbs in a verb phrase can be next to each other or, in the case of questions, separated.
