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Practice: Add an appropriate helping verb.
1. John going to the store. I leaving for Zambia tomorrow.
2. My cabin smelling like garbage. Pastor Kelly go to the
library tonight.
3. She teaching a class yesterday when you visiting the campus.

Practice 3C: Verb Phrases. Underline the verb phrase.
1. T h e y h av e b e e n i n fo rm e d o f y o u r t re as o n .
2. Th e M es s i a h wi l l b e a N a z a r en e .
3. Ea ch o f y o u s h o u l d t u r n t h e o t h e r c h e e k .
4. N at h an s h o u ld u s e h is s p i ri t u a l g if t .
5. T h e s e h a nd s o f m i ne ha v e s upp l i e d m y o w n n e e ds .
6. I h a v e h i d d e n Y o u r w o r d i n m y h e a r t .
7. I w il l b e a g r an d m o t h e r.
8. D a v i d h a s c r i e d o u t b e f o r e Hi s G o d .
9. Th e h ea v en s wi l l p r a i s e Y o u r w o n d er s .
10 . T h e s tew w i l l ta s te s a l ty .

Verb Phrase Interrupters
A verb phrase is sometimes interrupted by other words. The word not, or other adverbs like really or only are
common interrupters.
• He did not leave the food for his dog. (The verb phrase is did leave; not did not leave.)
• John was really going to the store.

The subject of a question usually interrupts the verb phrase. Change the question to a statement to make it
easier to find the subject and the verb phrase.
• Can we leave the soccer ball on the field?
• We can leave the soccer ball on the field.
Practice 3D: Verb Phrases in Questions. Change each question to a statement as shown below.

1. Should Julie do her laundry? Julie should do her laundry.

2. Will you finish your homework?

3. May I take the test early?

4. Could Nathan go to the village with me?

Practice 3E: Verb Types. Mark as instructed, indicating whether the underlined verb is functioning as a linking
verb (LV) or action verb (AV).

Examples: ___LV___ For our sakes, Jesus became poor. (poor is describing the simple subject)
___AV___The boys ate lunch together.
___LV___The boys are at the river.

1. The men studied together since their freshman year.

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