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The Verb Group Member of Group : Dian Hatika Eneng Rika Mahardika Fauziah Rahmania Yulianti Nova Lestari The verb group consist of auxiliaries (AUX) and lexical verb (V). For example, for a verb phrase incorporating a transitive verb we would have : VP verb group + dO Vgp AUX + V Do NP Tense There are two tenses in English : PRESENT and PAST. (future does not exist as a tense in English but is indicated in other ways, for example by use of auxiliaries). These tenses affect the form of the lexical verb as in: - Present Tense Kate hugs the baby - Past Tense Kate hugged the baby The verb hug a regular verb in that it takes the ending-ed to form the past, tense as do many others in English. Iregular verbs appear in variaty of forms. For example: - The dog eats the bone - The dog ate the bone Example of Present Tense s 6a NP VP Vgp (trans) N AUX V NP DET N TENSE Kate (pres) hugs the baby Example of Past Tense s 6b NP VP Vgp (trans) N AUX V NP DET N TENSE Kate (past) hugged the baby Thank You
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