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Hepworth101 Posted 11 years ago
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Hi,
In the sentences: ‘The book was put together with care.”
Is ‘put together’ a verb and a past participle or a verb and past simple verb?
How can I tell the difference?
In the sentence: “He cannot stand sitting there.”
Is ‘stand’ an adjective modifying the subject or is it part of a verb phrase ‘stand sitting’
In the sentence: “We’ve waited long enough.”
Is ‘long enough” an adverbial place of time and is ‘long’ a past simple verb?
Thank you.
In the sentences: ‘The book was put together with care.”
Is ‘put together’ a verb and a past participle or a verb and past simple verb?
How can I tell the difference?
In the sentence: “He cannot stand sitting there.”
Is ‘stand’ an adjective modifying the subject or is it part of a verb phrase ‘stand sitting’
In the sentence: “We’ve waited long enough.”
Is ‘long enough” an adverbial place of time and is ‘long’ a past simple verb?
Thank you.
Top answer
1. "put" is the past participle. All passive tenses are formed with a tense of to be + past participle.
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- "put" is the past participle.
- All passive tenses are formed with a tense of to be + past participle.
- In this case "was put" is the past simple passive tense.
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1. "put" is the past participle. All passive tenses are formed with a tense of to be + past participle. In this case "was put" is the past simple passive tense.
2. "stand" is the main verb. "sitting" is a gerund not an adjective. "stand sitting" is not a single verb phrase. Given the related meanings of "stand" and "sit", you could replace "stand" with "bear".
3. "long en
2. "stand" is the main verb. "sitting" is a gerund not an adjective. "stand sitting" is not a single verb phrase. Given the related meanings of "stand" and "sit", you could replace "stand" with "bear".
3. "long en
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Dear Michael,
i have had an opportunity to study your reply in detail.
It is very interesting and helpful.
May I ask another question, please?
In the sentence "He was bitten by the dog"
How do I decide if 'by the dog" is a prepositional phrase, an adverbial phrase, an adverbial prepositional phrase or if it is all three?
Best wishes
Philip,
i have had an opportunity to study your reply in detail.
It is very interesting and helpful.
May I ask another question, please?
In the sentence "He was bitten by the dog"
How do I decide if 'by the dog" is a prepositional phrase, an adverbial phrase, an adverbial prepositional phrase or if it is all three?
Best wishes
Philip,
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You are stretching my grammar knowledge here, and perhaps more experienced teachers can comment too.
For me, it's a prepositional phrase because it is describing the relationship between the subject "he" and the dog.
I don't think it's also an adverbial phrase because it does not describe the verb "bite".
Kind regards, Michael
For me, it's a prepositional phrase because it is describing the relationship between the subject "he" and the dog.
I don't think it's also an adverbial phrase because it does not describe the verb "bite".
Kind regards, Michael
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