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Glencoe English/
Auxiliary Have with Pst Participles P. 300/
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The keeper has fed the giraffes.
The giraffes have begun their lunch.
The keeper had given them water earlier.
What is the verb phrase in each sentence?
What form of have is part of each verb phrase?
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The predicate of every sentence includes a verb. In somesentences, two or more words make up the verb. Those words arecalled the verb phrase of the sentence.
A verb phrase contains one or more auxiliary or helpingverbs followed by a main verb.
In some verb phrases, the auxiliary is a form of have. Hasand have are the present tense forms of have. Had is the pasttense form of have. The auxiliary have is followed by the pastparticiple of a verb.
Reread the example sentences.
What is the auxiliary in the verb phrase of each sentence.
What is the past participle in each verb phrase?
A verb phrase with the auxiliary have and a past participleis often used to tell about action that has been completed. Hasand have, the present tense forms of the auxiliary have, areusually used when the action has been recently completed. Had,the past tense form of the auxiliary have, is usually used whenthe action had been completed further in the past.
Read the sentences below.
What is the auxiliary in each verb phrase?
What is the past participle in each verb phrase?
1. The seals have played in the water all day.
2. They had barked excitedly at the visitors at first.