UEfAP Grammar: Verbal Group Exercise 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 (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 ± ± ± ± ± ± +(do) not +ed + M have +en be +ing be +en Lexical VERB Verbal Group + VERB write do not write write + write + write + + write + write + + write + + write + + + write + write + + write http://www.uefap.net/188grammar/776grammarintroductionverbalgroupexercise took will write will not write would not write have writen had writen had not writen 1/4 10 + + write will have writen 11 + + + write 12 + + write would have writen 13 + + + write would not have writen 14 + + + write is writing 15 + + + + write 16 + write was writing 17 + + write was not writing 18 + + write will be writing 19 + + + write will not be writing 20 + + write would be writing 21 + + + write 22 + + + write have been writing 23 + + + + write have not been writing 24 + + write had been writing 25 + + + write had not been writing 26 + + + write will have been writing 27 + + + + write 28 + + + write would have been writing 29 + + + + write would not have been 30 + + + + write 31 + + + + + write 32 + write writing is not writen was writen 33 + + write 34 + + write will be writen http://www.uefap.net/188grammar/776grammarintroductionverbalgroupexercise 2/4 35 + + + write will not be writen 36 + + write would be writen 37 + + + write would not be writen 38 + + + write have been writen 39 + + + + write have not been writen 40 + + write had been writen 41 + + + write 42 + + + write will have been writen 43 + + + + write will not have been writen 44 + + + write would have been writen 45 + + + + write would not have been 46 + + + + write 47 + + + + + write writen is not being writen 48 + + write 49 + + + write 50 + + + write 51 + + + + write 52 + + + write was not being writen will be being writen will not be being writen 53 + + + + write 64 + + + + write 55 + + + + + write 56 + + + write 57 + + + + write 58 + + + + write 59 + + + + + write would not be being writen have been being writen have not been being http://www.uefap.net/188grammar/776grammarintroductionverbalgroupexercise writen had been being writen had not been being writen will have been being 3/4 60 + + + + write writen 61 + + + + + write will not have been being 62 + + + + + write writen would have been being 63 + + + + + + write 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 http://www.uefap.net/188grammar/776grammarintroductionverbalgroupexercise 4/4