Verb Phrases
Verb Phrases
Verb Phrases
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Common Core Language Standard 1
If we add other words onto the main verb, we form phrases. Phrases can add description, share a condition, or set the mood for verbs. They can also change the verb tense of the main verb.
Today’s grammar and usage lesson is on verb phrases. Remember that a verb can mentally or physically act or serve as a state of being. A phrase is a group of related words without a noun and connected verb.
Now let’s read the grammar and usage lesson and study the examples.
A verb phrase consists of the main verb with a linking verb, helping verb, adverb, and/or prepositional phrase. Example: She had been serving faithfully for three years.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to grammar and usage lesson.
Practice: The teachers will really watching carefully to make absolutely sure that none of the students has any cheat notes.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Grammar and Usage Practice Answers:
The teachers will really watch carefully to make absolutely sure that none of the students has any cheat notes.
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The teachers will really be watching carefully to make absolutely sure that none of the students has any cheat notes.
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using two different types of verb phrases.
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