Unlocking Verb Phrases
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students identify and understand verb phrases, including main verbs and auxiliary verbs, through various exercises.
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Unlocking Verb Phrases
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to demonstrate your understanding of verb phrases. A verb phrase consists of a main verb and one or more helping (auxiliary) verbs.
Identify the verb phrase in each sentence by underlining it.
1. The students studying for their grammar test.
2. She has been practicing her violin for an hour.
3. We will be visiting the museum next week.
4. The old house might have been built in the 1800s.
5. He should have arrived by now.
Choose the sentence that contains a verb phrase.
6. Which sentence contains a verb phrase?
The cat slept soundly.
They are going to the park.
Birds sing beautifully.
He runs fast.
7. Which of the following is NOT a verb phrase?
will eat
had gone
very quickly
can sing
Complete each sentence by adding an appropriate verb phrase in the blank.
8. By next year, she her novel.
9. The old car if we don't fix it soon.
10. I my homework before dinner.
11. Explain in your own words what a verb phrase is and provide an example.
Read each statement and indicate whether it is true or false.
12. A verb phrase always includes at least two verbs.
True
False
13. In the sentence 'She has eaten breakfast,' 'has eaten' is the verb phrase.
True
False