Can someone check this please (verbs structure function....)
For each of the following five sentences: (i) Identify the verb phrase. (ii) Name the structure. (iii) Label the parts of the structure. (iv) Describe the functional meaning conveyed by the verb in the sentence.
Examples:
I start work at seven every morning. (i) start (ii) present simple (iii) base form (iv) a routine
I was living in Peru at the time. (i) was living (ii) past continuous (iii) auxiliary 'be' (past tense) + present participle (iv) an activity in progress at a specified time in the past ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Question1 I went to Thailand last year to teach. Answer: (i) Went (ii) Past simple
(iii) Base form (my new answer: adverbial of place) or 2nd asnwer inflected form
(iv) A completed action at a specified time in the past
Question3 I'm seeing the director tomorrow. Answer:
(I) I’m Seeing
(II) Present continuous
(III) Am/are/is + present participle
(IV) Definate future event (wrong)
you have not indicated what sort of verb "am" is here. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He's been a teacher for ten years. Answer:
(i) Teacher (my new answer: has been)
(ii) Present perfect continuous (Present Perfect)
(iii) Have/has + been + present participle (or subject + Auxilery verb (has) + past participle (been)
(iv) A state or activity that began in the past and continues down to the present -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Question5 The school was founded in 2002. Answer:
(i) Was Founded
(ii) Past simple passive
(iii) Be + past particple
(iv) A completed action at a specified time in the past (wrong)
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