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For the phrase "They're digging us out":
- They're is a contraction of "They are"
- They is a pronoun and the subject
- Are digging is the verb
- Us is a pronoun of who being dug out
- Out is an adverb describing the digging
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Is digging a verb?
The word, "Digging" is a gerund. (jair-und)
Is are a verb phrase?
No. A verb phrase has more than one word eg has been eaten.Are is a be verb
Is have a verb phrase?
A phrase always has more than one word, so "have" or any other single word cannot be any kind of phrase, including a verb phrase.
What is the verb in the phrase 'spring days are here'?
The verb in the phrase 'spring days are here' is the word 'are.'
Is who roamed a verb phrase?
"Who roamed" is not a verb phrase; it is a subject-verb combination where "who" is the subject and "roamed" is the verb. A verb phrase typically consists of a main verb along with auxiliary verbs or helping verbs.
What part of speech is the phrase to be?
The phrase "to be" is an infinitive verb phrase in English.
Which word is the verb in the phrase they are frightened?
"are" is the verb. "they are" comes from the verb "to be". "frightened" is the adjective.
What is it called when a prepositional phrase modifies a verb?
An adverbial phrase. A word, phrase, or clause of a sentence has the aspect of an adverb if it modifies a verb. By the same token, a word, phrase, or clause of a sentence that modifies a noun would be an adjective, adjectivial phrase or adjectivial clause.
What the verb phrase for She should not have borrowed your dress?
The verb phrase is should have borrowed (should have are helping verbs, and borrowed is the past participle of the main verb, borrow). The word not is an adverb and is not part of the verb phrase.
What word begins a verb phrase?
It could be:a be verb = am waiting, is kept.an auxiliary verb = have been waiting.a modal auxiliary verb = could have been waiting.
How do you distinguish between a word and a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words with no subject or verb.
Is the word this'll a noun or verb?
"This'll" is a contraction of "this will" and functions as a verb phrase, not a noun.
