Verb Phrases I

What are the two parts of a verb phrase?

• helping verb and main verb

• physical action verb and mental action verb

• being verb and linking verb

• action verb and being verb

What is the verb phrase in this sentence:

The Los Angeles Lakers will be playing the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.

• Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat

• will be

• be playing

• will be playing

What is the verb phrase in this sentence:

My favorite basketball team, the Phoenix Suns, will not be playing in the NBA Finals.

• basketball team

• will not be playing

• not be playing

• will be playing

What is the verb phrase in this sentence:

Eli has been embarrassingly going to the wrong restroom in school.

• has been

• has been embarrassingly

• has been embarrassingly going

• has been going

Helping verbs are also known as what?

• linking verbs

• auxiliary verbs

• verb phrases

• action verbs

What is the verb phrase in this sentence:

Will she be going to the dinner?

• will be going

• she be going

• be going

• will she be going

What is the verb phrase in this sentence:

Selena would have been singing in the concert, but there are travel restrictions.

• there are travel restrictions

• would have

• would have been singing

• have been singing