What Is A Verb Phrase
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What Is A Verb Phrase
A verb phrase comprises an auxiliary verb and the primary verb. The auxiliary verb, also known as helping verb comes before the main verb. In this article, we are going to look in details of what verb phrases are and their examples.
Verbs are words that are used to describe an action, like swim, drive, teach, and walk. A sentence can only be considered complete it has at least one verb. The verb can either be an action verb or a linking verb that links the sentence subject to additional information regarding the subject. The information tells more about the subject.
A verb phrase can also be defined as part of a clause or sentence comprising a verb and, at the same time, describes more information about the subject. It can also be described as a phrase that acts as an adverb or adjective and comprises a verb and its complements, which may be either modifiers or objects.
Verb phrases with a single function can either act as an adverb or an adjective. The phrase would comprise of verb, modifiers, complements, or even objects. This is illustrated in the following examples:
A helping verb includes forms of be, such as am, is, are, was, were, being, and been; forms of have, such as has and had; forms of do, such as does and did; forms of can, such as could, will, would, and shall; and forms of should, such as may, might, and must.
There is little evidence that, for people with aphasia, successful outcomes following lexical retrieval treatment generalise beyond single word retrieval to sentence production or daily communication. This study aimed to develop greater understanding of the mechanisms of generalisation. We employed a cueing task to simulate the effects of lexical retrieval treatment. A single noun or verb was provided and the effect on production of a corresponding verb phrase examined. Sixteen individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) were asked to produce verb phrases to describe action pictures accompanied by i) a verb cue where a spoken and written verb was also presented with the picture; ii) a noun cue where a spoken and written noun was presented with the picture; iii) a no cue condition where only the picture was presented. Across the case series, both verb and noun cueing improved verb phrase production relative to no cue, with verb cueing being most effective. At the level of the single case, thirteen individuals showed significantly increased production of verb phrases with verb cueing, and seven individuals with noun cueing. In addition, seven individuals showed significantly greater benefit from verb cueing compared to noun cueing, and none showed the reverse. This suggests that improvements in verb phrase production may also be achievable following treatment-induced improvements in lexical retrieval. Greater benefit from verb cues than noun cues raises important theoretical issues regarding sentence construction and clinical issues around the most effective treatment techniques for people with aphasia.
This is a guide for teachers to use in order to facilitate instruction regarding the identification and use of verb phrases in English. Primarily, it should serve as a complete list of the basic rules and structures that surround verb phrases. We will write this guide with both middle school and high school English classes in mind. Although native speakers can certainly benefit from more knowledge on this topic, we will use easy-to-understand examples that many ESL students should be able to follow. Some of the knowledge or rules we describe here may need sufficient building blocks in order for students to understand everything, but teachers at this level should be able to build on previous experience.
By this point, native English and ESL students should know that the language uses verbs to describe particular actions that subjects undertake. For example, regular infinitive verbs might include such terms as to work, play, sleep, or think. These are not verb phrases, howe