Verb groups

About Standards
Introduction
UNIVERSAL
Middle years and up
verb groups
word groups
functional grammar
main verbs
secondary verbs
tense helpers
modal verbs
modality
passive voice
active voice
copula be
precision
timing
aspect
continuous action
ongoing action
completed action
processes
degree
phases
adverbs
negative
negation
Purpose
Recognise the components of a verb group in any type of text.
Description
This lesson is part of a series designed to build students' language about language, so they can analyse text with greater confidence and fluency. This particular lesson introduces the components of verb groups, using some of the language of systemic functional grammar, including main verbs and secondary verbs, tense helpers and modal verbs, and a little about passive voice. Because we cover modality, the lesson is quite long, and should be led by a teacher.
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