The verb phrase is the verb (action) of the sentence, along with any helper verbs, forms of to be, to have, or to do.
Examples:
The boy has written a book. (verb to write, verb phrase has written)
Bill will be visiting the farm. (verb to visit, verb phrase will be visiting)
He does go to school. (verb to go, verb phrase does go)
Read the sentence.
I will probably go to the car show again.
What is the verb phrase?
probably go to
I will
to the car show
will go
The verb phrase is just the verb "are."
Subject, verb, and direct objective
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.The verb phrase in the sentence is "would like to see first."The subject of the sentence is the noun phrase "which area."
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.The verb phrase in the sentence is "slowly walked down the road".The subject is the pronoun "They".
This is called the "predicate" and a sentence is not a sentence without one.
The verb phrase is just the verb "are."
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
The verb phrase is the verb (action) of the sentence, along with any helper verbs, forms of to be, to have, or to do.Examples:The boy has written a book. (verb to write, verb phrase has written)Bill will be visiting the farm. (verb to visit, verb phrase will be visiting)He does go to school. (verb to go, verb phrase does go)
The verb is "play" and the verb phrase is "can play."
"Can override" is the verb phrase in that sentence.
might have gone
In the sentence "He has always thought about his future," the verb phrase is "has always thought." While "thought" is the verb, a verb phrase includes words that may affect the tense of the verb.
The verb phrase is will be.
The verb phrase is will be.
Subject, verb, and direct objective
Had
verb or verb phrase