EXERCISE 1. LIKE MANY WORDS IN ENGLISH, EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN BE A...

5. hedge/hedge

As you do these exercises, remember that verbs can be more than one word.

Question:

Is the verb in the following sentence mailed or have been mailed?

The letters have been mailed.

Answer:

have been mailed.

Note:

Whenever you are asked for the verb of a sentence containing a verb phrase, give

the whole verb phrase.