Identify the verb phrase, Identify the verb phrase.

Identify the verb phrase

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Reference no: EM13324982

For each of the following five sentences:
(i) Identify the verb phrase.
(ii) Name the structure.
(iii) Label the parts of the structure.
(iv) Describe the functional meaning conveyed by the verb in the sentence.

Examples:

I start work at seven every morning.
(i) start
(ii) present simple
(iii) base form
(iv) a routine

I was living in Peru at the time.
(i) was living
(ii) past continuous
(iii) auxiliary 'be' (past tense) + present participle
(iv) an activity in progress at a specified time in the past

Question 1
I went to Thailand last year to teach.
Answer:
1.Went to

2.past simple

3.Main verb 'go' + past tense

4.An action which has been completed at a particular time in the pass.

Comment: 3) cannot be "go" plus past tense as you only have to label "went".
Question 2
She can speak Mandarin.
Answer:
1.Can,Speak

2.Present Simple

3.Modal verb 'Can'+ Main verb 'speak'(infinitive)

4.An ability or skill
Comment: Correct.
Question 3
I'm seeing the director tomorrow.
Answer:
1.I am seeing

2.Present continuous

3.Present simple of 'Be'(am)+ present participle of main verb

4.A decided future event

Comment: Correct.
Question 4
He's been a teacher for ten years.
Answer:
1. Has Been

2. Present perfect

3. Auxilliary verb 'have/has'+ past participle

4. An action started in the past and continues to the present
Comment: Correct.
Question 5
The school was founded in 2002.
Answer:
1. Was founded

2. Past simple passive

3. auxilary verb 'be' past simple + main verb past particle

4. Something which began in the past and still continues
Comment: Yes, this is a passive but what is the function compared to the active, "They founded the school in 2002"?

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