Identify the entire verb phrase:
1.The whole event had been secretly planned by the Wong twins.
Ans- had been secretly planned
2.Hadn't you ever been to a state fair before?
A.hadn't ever been
B.had ever been
C.had been
D.hadn't been
A
Are these correct?
-MC
If you are being asked what the complete verb is, then no, neither answer is correct because you have included adverbs.
If you are being asked what the complete predicate is, then no, neither answer is correct because you haven't included ALL the words in the predicate "half" of the sentence.
Complete verbs:
1. had been planned
2. had been
Complete predicates (that is, everything except the subject and whatever modifies it):
1. had been secretly planned by the Wong twins.
2. hadn't ever been to a state fair before
Thank you
-MC
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had been planned
Yes, you are correct!
For the first sentence, the entire verb phrase is "had been secretly planned." The main verb is "had been," which is the past perfect tense of "to be," indicating an action that happened before a certain point in the past. The helping verb "had" is followed by the past participle "been," and the adverb "secretly" modifies the verb.
For the second sentence, the correct answer is A. The entire verb phrase is "hadn't ever been," where "hadn't" is the contraction of "had not," "ever" is an adverb that emphasizes the question, and "been" is the past participle of "to be." The verb phrase indicates a past action that didn't occur prior to a certain point.