disqualify?
The verb is was; the verb phrase is was penalized(The whole team was penalized...)
The verb in the sentence is penalized.
The simple predicate is 'was penalized'.
The simple subject is the noun team.The complete subject is 'The whole team'.In an interrogative sentence (a question), the verb and subject may be transposed, for example, "Why was the whole team penalized?" is a transposed form of "The whole team was penalized, why?"
were getting is the verb phrase.
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
In the sentence "Most of the basketball team will be attending weather dance," the verb phrase is "will be attending."
No. That is only a helper verb and the subject of the sentence.A "verb phrase" has been used to mean the "predicate" of a sentence.But traditionally it means the "whole verb" including its helpers (e.g. "is going" or "had gone" or "should have been going").
Were in cages. Usually it is a verb alone, but you include the whole verb phrase
The phrase "is not" is a verb phrase using the verb (is) and the adverb (not).
Yes, "became" can be part of a prepositional phrase when used in a sentence. For example, in the sentence "She became the leader of the team," the phrase "of the team" is a prepositional phrase that includes the verb "became."
The verb phrase in the sentence is "are the cripple on the corner."