The complete verb phrase includes the main verb and any auxiliary verbs or helping verbs that accompany it. It functions as the predicate in a sentence and expresses the action or state of being.
"Could you have forgotten your sunglasses" is the complete verb phrase in this sentence. It consists of the modal verb "could," the main verb "have forgotten," and the direct object "your sunglasses."
No, sentences typically include a subject and a verb, while a phrase does not necessarily have both. Phrases can be part of a sentence or standalone, while a sentence is a complete thought expressing a complete idea.
A sentence phrase is a group of words that together express a complete thought, but it is not a complete sentence on its own because it lacks either a subject or a verb. Sentence phrases are often used in combination to form complete sentences.
No. Never is an adverb of frequency.
Was listening is the progressive verb in that sentence.
"Could you have forgotten your sunglasses" is the complete verb phrase in this sentence. It consists of the modal verb "could," the main verb "have forgotten," and the direct object "your sunglasses."
No, sentences typically include a subject and a verb, while a phrase does not necessarily have both. Phrases can be part of a sentence or standalone, while a sentence is a complete thought expressing a complete idea.
No. Never is an adverb of frequency.
A sentence phrase is a group of words that together express a complete thought, but it is not a complete sentence on its own because it lacks either a subject or a verb. Sentence phrases are often used in combination to form complete sentences.
'The beautiful dance' is a phrase. Sentences and clauses must contain a finite verb.
Was listening is the progressive verb in that sentence.
"They can" is a complete sentence, not a phrase.
"Could have forgotten" is the complete verb phrase in the sentence, "Could you have forgotten your sunglasses in the car."
The complete verb is 'are searching'; are is the auxiliary verb and searching is the main verb.
The words "would want" is a verb phrase: helper verb would and main verb want.
A complete sentence includes a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought. On the other hand, a sentence fragment is incomplete as it lacks one of these components or does not express a full idea.
Incomplete. In order for a sentence to be complete it must contain a noun phrase and a verb phrase. Takes in air and floats across a stream are both verb phrases. There needs to be a noun completing the action. The following two examples add noun phrases to complete the sentences. The dehumidifier takes in air. The lily pad floats across a stream.