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Lesson 4: Verb Phrases
:A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
The princess had yawned loudly.
main verb: can stand by itself as the simple predicate
Her visitor talked for hours.
The tale was endless.
helping verb: help the main verb express action or
show time
The tale might be endless.
Her visitor had been talking for hours.

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Common Helping Verbs
Forms of be: is, am, was, are, were, be, been
Forms of do: do, does, is
Forms of have: has, have, had
Others: may, might, can, should, could, would, shall, will

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1. Perhaps you have heard some stories by Hans ChristianAnderson.
2. People have been enjoying this Danish writer's tales for morethan 150
years.
3. A statue of Anderson was built in NYC's Central Park.
4. You may have read Anderson's tale "The Ugly Duckling".
5. The main character is hatched from an unusually large egg.

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6. He does experience cruelty and rejection because of his appearance.
7. Of course, a surprise is awaiting him at the end of the story.
8. He has been a swan and not a duckling all along.
9. Anderson's stories probably will be popular for years to come.
10. You might know some of his other tales as well.

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