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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Verbs

What are the verbs in the following sentence, They were smoking in the corner.
  

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Were & smoking. Were is an auxillary verb in this case to allow the sentnece to be progressive. Smoking is the main verb.

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  • Were & smoking.
  • Were is an auxillary verb in this case to allow the sentnece to be progressive.
  • Smoking is the main verb.
  • The base verbs are BE and SMOKE.
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Were & smoking.
Were is an auxillary verb in this case to allow the sentnece to be progressive. Smoking is the main verb.

The base verbs are BE and SMOKE.
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