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He is eating an apple.

She has finished her work.

You should study for the exam.

She has been sleeping for two hours.

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A verb phrase is a combination of main verb and its auxiliaries (helping verbs) in a sentence.

What is a Verb?

A verb is one of the main parts of a sentence. The verb signals an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. Whether mental, physical, or mechanical, verbs always express activity.

Characteristics:

A verb phrase can be the predicate of a sentence or a clause.

It can be a phrase that functions as an adverb or adjective that has a verb and its complements, objects, or modifiers.

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He is wearing a nice red shirt.   (as noun/object)

A man on the roof was shouting.                  (as noun/subject).

A sentence can also contain more noun phrases:

The girl with blue eyes bought a beautiful chair.

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A noun phrase consists of a noun and other related words (usually modifiers and determiners) which modify the noun. It functions like a noun in a sentence.

Characteristics:

May function as the subject or object of the clause.

May consist of a single word (a noun or pronoun) or a group of words.

The noun in the noun phrases is called the "headword".

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Noun Phrase:  A man on the roof was shouting.

Prepositional phrase: The man in the room is our teacher.

Adjective Phrase: The girl with brown hair is singing a song.

Adverb Phrase: She always drives with care.

Verb Phrase: She has finished her work.

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A phrase is two or more words that do not contain the subject-verb pair necessary to form a clause. Phrases can be very short or quite long.

Characteristics:

In some cases it doesn't have any special meaning or significance.

It must function there as a complete grammatical unit.

Examples:

Best friend

Needing help

With the blue shirt

For twenty days