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Verb Phrases & Tenses

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1.  VERB PHRASES Verb Phrases based on traditional grammar is a group of words in the form of the main verb and the auxiliary verb. While based on generative grammar is a predicate - main verb and all the elements that make it up: the auxiliary verb, complement (object sentences), and / or modifier, but not including the subject of the sentence. On traditional grammar : Main Verb On generative gramamar : +/- auxiliary verb + main verb +/- complement +/- modifier 2.     EXAMPLE SENTENCES OF THE VERB PHRASES He cooks without oil. · Traditional grammar : cooks · Generative grammar : cooks without oil 3.     TENSES Tense is a verb form that indicates an action or activity. Type of tenses is : a.     Simple Present Tense b.     Present Continous Tense c.     Present Perfect Tense d.    Present Perfect Continous Tense e.     Simple Past Tense f.      Past Continous Tense g.     Past Perfect Tense h.     Past Perfect Continous Tense i.       Present F

SUBJECT, VERB, COMPLEMENT AND MODIFIER

SUBJECT, VERB, COMPLEMENT AND MODIFIER Subject Definition: The subject of a sentence is the noun, pronoun or noun phrase that precedes and governs the main verb. The subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action or which is associated with the action. Example          : Coffee is delicious. Milk contains calcium. The subject may be a noun phrase. A noun phrase is  a group of words ending with a noun. (it CANNOT begin with a preposition). In some sentences there is not a true subject. However it  and there can often act as pseudo-subjects and should be considered as subjects. To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb, and then make a question by placing “who?” or “what?” before it. Having identified the Subject, we can see that the remainder of the sentence tells us what the Subject does or did. We refer to this string as the “predicate” of the sentence. For example: Who plays the piano? “David” ( = S