GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

Verb phrases in English language play an important role in communication. English language develops with the changing times using verb phrases. There are different critical analyses of verb phrases in English language. Verb phrases generally fall into two types: finite, in which the head of the phrase is a finite verb; and nonfinite, where the head is a nonfinite verb, such as an infinitive, participle, or gerund. The verb phrase is understood in terms of a traditional distinction between the categories of modality, tense, aspect, and voice. The study concluded that verb phrases in English language are distinguished by the kinds of marking they can take and what they can co-occur with. Verb phrases in English language are easily identified as they have an auxiliary verb followed by an action or main verb. However, a verb phrase is a syntactic unit consisting of an auxiliary (helping) verb preceding the main verb. It often contains a head verb, complements, objects, and modifiers as its dependents. One of the recommendations made was that students should improve their English language skills in order to be able to use verb phrases effectively in their sentences.