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
0
write
1
+
write
2
+
write
3
+
+
write
4
+
write
5
+
+
write
6
+
+
write
7
+
+
+
write
8
+
write
9
+
+
write
/>
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
/>
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
/>
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
/>
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