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EXAMPLE OF VERB PHRASES:
A helping verb works with the main verb to express action or being.
Sometimes a verb is made up of two or more words. This kind of verb is called a verb phrase.
Verb: The ship sailed away.
Verb: The ship had sailed there before.
Phrases: The ship could have been sailing east or west.
The most important verb in a verb phrase is called the main verb. In the sentences above, the main verbs are sailed and sailing. The other verbs are called helping verbs. The chart below lists common helping verbs.
| am |
be |
had |
did |
may |
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can |
shall |
might |
| are |
been |
could |
should |
must |
| was |
has |
do |
will |
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| were |
have |
does |
would |
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Some helping verbs can also be main verbs. Note how is and has are used in the following examples.
Main Verb: He is a sailor. She has the boat.
Helping Verb: He is sailing. She has bought the boat.
Verb phrases are sometimes interrupted by other words. Notice that not, n't, and certainly are not part of the verb phrases in the sentences below.
We have not gone to sea before.
They couldn't have been searching for a New World.
I should certainly have not become a sailor.
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4 comments in Example of Verb Phrases eg
st.deocarus
[Filipinas]
03/September/2009
18:53:42
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i'm just looking for verb phrase and action verb.............. |
flipin
[Estados Unidos]
28/October/2009
13:45:43
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do you got any examples and the ones you got dont work at all |
marie santonian
[Estados Unidos]
09/November/2009
18:07:26
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thanks for all your help!!!!!!!!!!!! |
kalpesh
[India]
13/January/2010
2:07:39
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It will be useful to clear the concept of verb phrase |
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