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“But I must not stay in bed uselessly,” said Gregor to himself. what is the verb phrase in this sentence?

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Answer:

The Verb Phrase in the sentence is: Stay in bed uselessly

Step-by-step explanation:

Verbs means action words like song, dance, eat etc. Verb phrase is the predicate of a sentence. A verb phrase has a verb along with a modifier or object. They provide more information about the verb or action in the sentence.

Stay’ is a verb in the sentence. Ask the sentence, ‘how she shouldn’t stay in bed’. Answer will be ‘uselessly’. This is a verb phrase which has a verb ‘Stay’, with the phrase giving more information about the verb: ‘stay in bed uselessly’.

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