First note this prayer:
Me I need to play, because I've finished all my tasks.
In it, there are two verbs that are close together: the verb need, conjugated in the first person of the present tense of the indicative, and the verb to play, kept in its original form, that is, in the infinitive, whose ending "ar" makes it belong to the first conjugation.
This is a very common situation, which occurs in everyday life, both in terms of speech and writing. Do you know what we call this fact? We are now getting to know what grammar calls the verbal phrase, which is nothing more than the union of two verbs, formed by an auxiliary verb, which in the case of our example is the verb “precise”; together with another verb, expressed in one of the three nominal forms (which can be in the infinitive, for example, “to play”; gerund such as playing, jumping; and also in the participle, that is, in the past, represented by the abundant verbs, of which we already know. those ending in "-ADO" and "-IDO", remember? If not, get more information by accessing the text "
Now that everything is clear, how about getting to know some prayers together in which we can see the use of some verbal phrases? Let's go then?
I will study quite a lot today.
my little dog is loved by everyone in the family.
I have to help my mother in the house chores.
When I arrived, the teacher I was leaving.
Let's travel on this vacation.
in the sky the stars seemed to shine as never.
I was walking alone when I saw you.
When my friends left, kept playing.
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
