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Verb Phrases

This document discusses verbs and verb phrases. It defines a verb as expressing an action or state of being, and defines helping verbs as showing when an action occurs. It provides examples of verbs, helping verbs, and verb phrases. A verb phrase consists of a verb and at least one helping verb.

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Verb Phrases

This document discusses verbs and verb phrases. It defines a verb as expressing an action or state of being, and defines helping verbs as showing when an action occurs. It provides examples of verbs, helping verbs, and verb phrases. A verb phrase consists of a verb and at least one helping verb.

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Verbs and

Verb Phrases
Verb
Expresses an action or a state of being
Every sentence has at least one.

Examples
• play
I play the drums.
• is
Pizza is delicious.
• are trimming
We are trimming the tree.
Helping Verbs
Help verbs show when things happen

The Helping Verbs


Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has,
have, had, did, do, does, can, could, would,
should, shall, will

Helping verbs help us make verb phrases.


Verb Phrase
A verb and at least one helping verb

Example
Katie was writing her
essay about friendship.

What is the helping verb


in this sentence and what
is it doing?
More Examples of Verb Phrases

The mummy is coming for us!

What is the verb in the


above sentence?

is coming
More Examples of Verb Phrases

Mary was walking through the


mall, talking on her phone,
and drinking coffee.

What is the verb phrase in the


above sentence?

was walking,
talking,
drinking
More Examples of Verb Phrases

Officer Lee has been working with her


partner Bones for a long time.

What is the verb phrase in the above


sentence?

has been working


Review

• Verbs express actions or states of being.

• Helping verbs help verbs show time.

• Verbs combine with helping verbs to


make verb phrases.

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