Grammar in EAP Verbs and Verbal Groups: Exercise Verbal Group A verbal group is typically a group with a verb as its Head.. That verb is likely to be modified either before the verb pre
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Verbs and Verbal Groups: Exercise
Verbal Group
A verbal group is typically a group with a verb as its Head. That verb is likely to be modified either
before the verb (premodification) with auxiliary verbs or after the verb (postmodification or
qualification) or both. An example is "has been eaten"
Complete the table by adding the missing finite Verbal Groups.
Negative
±
Past
±
Modal
±
Phase
±
Aspect
±
Voice
±
Lexical VERB +
Verbal Group
+(do) not +ed + M
have +en be +ing
be +en VERB
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write write write write write write write write write write
write
do not write took
will write will not write
would not write have writen
had writen had not writen
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write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write
will have writen
would have writen would not have writen
is writing
was writing was not writing will be writing will not be writing would be writing
have been writing have not been writing had been writing had not been writing will have been writing
would have been writing would not have been writing
is not writen was writen
will be writen
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write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write write
will not be writen would be writen would not be writen have been writen have not been writen had been writen
will have been writen will not have been writen would have been writen would not have been writen
is not being writen
was not being writen will be being writen will not be being writen
would not be being writen have been being writen have not been being writen
had been being writen had not been being writen will have been being
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write write write write
writen will not have been being writen
would have been being writen
would not have been being writen
± = you have a completely free choice whether or not to choose this
Modal = will, may, can, shall
Modal+ed = would, might, could, should
+en = + past participle (third form)
+ing = + present participle (ing form)
be = be, is, are
be+ed = was, were
be+en = been
be+ing = being