今日语法 考试2

胡老师

Instructions: List the verb phrases in the followingsentences.

1. My wife is readingin the hammock under the tree.

2. The message can'tbe altered.

3. Somewhere a partyis being planned.

4. Shouldn't I be aclown for Halloween?

5. I've run out oftime.

Now write down asmany of the twenty-three helping verbs as you can.

Answers:

1. is reading

2. can be altered

3. is being planned

4. should be

5. 've (have) run

The twenty-threehelping verbs are is, am, are,was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, should,would, may, might, must, can, and could.