Verb+Phrase

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**__VERB PHRASE__- consists of a main verb and all its auxliary, of helping verbs.**

 * Sometimes interrupted byother words like not, never, and n't.
 * Most important verb in a verb phrase is called the main verb

**//helping verb + main verb = verb pharse//**
__Example:__
 * 1) Angle **__could have been sailing.__**
 * 2) Jack **__did__** tackle Jim in the football game.

Practice With Verb Phrases

**__Using the verb phrases below, fill in the blank with the appropriate__**
 * __completion. Please note that these verbs can be used in any tense.__**

~figure out ~come from ~come in ~hand out ~eat out ~look out ~make up ~keep on ~take off ~turn on ~pick up ~turn off

> 2. Jimmy has a great imagination. He's always__ _ stories. > 3.Before I leave my house, I make sure I _ __all the lights. When I get home at night, I__ __them again. > 4. Every Saturday night I__ _ Andy with Myra and the boys. > 5. If you drive on the highway, you need to _ __for the speeding drivers. > 6. Do you__ _ your little brother from his karate class? > 7. After Johnny got the job at the resturant, he ___spending money. > 8. Where does Yayui__ _? Is it Japan? > 9. The children _ __the house after playing outside. > 10. I am not good in math. I haven't been able to__ _ the last promblem. > 11. When did the teacher ___ the charts on modals? I can't find my copy. > 11:hand out.10:figure out.09:come in.08:come from.07:keeps on.06:pick up.05:look out.04:eat out.03:turn off, turn on.02:making up.01:take off.
 * 1. Jane decided to _ __her shoes when she got home.