interrupted?
Our crops do not get enough water.
Our crops do not get enough water.
"Is you have driven in the desert?" is an example of bad English. The correct sentence would read, "Have you driven in the desert?" That is the proper way of phrasing a question in English. It is a compound verb. The verb phrase is have driven, is a compound verb which is interrupted by the word "you." So in its correct form, yes it is an interrupted verb phrase. A question in English begins with a verb. Foreigners are confused by the use of the verb "do" in English. When there is a question but the verb is not compound, English uses the verb "do" when the sentence must begin with a verb. Instead of saying, "Know you him?" English says, "Do you know him?" In that case the term "do" is meaningless. It simply allows the sentence to start with a verb.
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
might have gone
Usually the term indicative refers to the "Mood of a verb" and not a sentence. See any English grammar book to see the term "mood of a verb. (Yes that is the grammatical name of it -- I did not make it up.) However, some people do seem to use the phrase . . . "indicative sentence . . . " They generally are expressing what is called normally a "declarative sentence". Declarative sentences express a true or false claim or condition. It reports fact. Opinion should be left out. If you ever heard of the expression "Just the facts Ma'am" then that is requesting a declarative sentence and that is all it should be.
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.
To convert an imperative sentence to a declarative sentence, simply rephrase the sentence to make a statement rather than giving a command. For example, "Close the door" (imperative) can be changed to "Please close the door" (declarative) or "I would like you to close the door" (declarative).
"Is you have driven in the desert?" is an example of bad English. The correct sentence would read, "Have you driven in the desert?" That is the proper way of phrasing a question in English. It is a compound verb. The verb phrase is have driven, is a compound verb which is interrupted by the word "you." So in its correct form, yes it is an interrupted verb phrase. A question in English begins with a verb. Foreigners are confused by the use of the verb "do" in English. When there is a question but the verb is not compound, English uses the verb "do" when the sentence must begin with a verb. Instead of saying, "Know you him?" English says, "Do you know him?" In that case the term "do" is meaningless. It simply allows the sentence to start with a verb.
To change a declarative sentence into a question, you can typically add a question word (who, what, when, where, why, how) at the beginning of the sentence, invert the subject and the verb, or add a question mark at the end.
The verb phrase in the sentence is "are the cripple on the corner."
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
The verb is "play" and the verb phrase is "can play."
"Can override" is the verb phrase in that sentence.
might have gone
Usually the term indicative refers to the "Mood of a verb" and not a sentence. See any English grammar book to see the term "mood of a verb. (Yes that is the grammatical name of it -- I did not make it up.) However, some people do seem to use the phrase . . . "indicative sentence . . . " They generally are expressing what is called normally a "declarative sentence". Declarative sentences express a true or false claim or condition. It reports fact. Opinion should be left out. If you ever heard of the expression "Just the facts Ma'am" then that is requesting a declarative sentence and that is all it should be.
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.