Verb Phrase Practice

What is verb phrase?

• The part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.

• A word or group of words that functions in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.

• A grammatical construction in which two elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What ISN'T an example of a helping verb?

• Are

• Might

• Made

• Could

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Find the verb phrase in the sentence: "She was walking quickly to the mall. "

• "she was"

• "was walking"

• "walking quickly

• "to the mall"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the verb phrase in the sentence: "These cards may be worth hundreds of dollars!"

• "worth hundreds"

• "may be worth"

• "cards may be"

• "hundreds of dollars"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the verb phrase in the sentence: "You have woken up everyone in the neighborhood."

• "You have"

• "everyone in the neighborhood"

• "have woken up"

• "woken up everyone"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the verb phrase in the sentence: "He should wait before going swimming. "

• "He should

• "should wait"

• "wait before"

• "going swimming"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B