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Introduction to Exercise 1- Correcting verb phrases with a missing verb |
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Use BE before the present participle (-ing)
forms of verbs.
- Example: The police officer is interviewing the suspect.
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Use BE before past participle forms of verbs when writing sentences in the passive.
- Example: The defendant was acquitted.
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Use HAVE before past participle forms of verbs when writing sentences in the perfect tenses.
- Example: Maria has known José for a long
time.
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Use auxiliaries, such as do, or modals,
such as would, before the base form of the verb to make questions.
- Example: Why didn't Maribel come to the party yesterday?
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 Download Grammar Explanation (PDF) |
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The following passages contain mistakes with verb phrases. Click
on the word or phrase that contains the mistake. When you click,
a box
will
appear. Type the correct word
or phrase in this box and then click the INSERT button. When you
have finished making all the corrections, click DONE to compare
WHAT YOU WROTE with WHAT WE WROTE.
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