Read the explanation of the Verb Periphrases in the link that we propose below and distinguish whether in the list of sentences that we provide you there are Verb Periphrases or not. Justify your answer in any case. The solutions can be found below.
Examples of phrasal verbs
PROPOSED PRAYERS
1. You have to buy a magenta color cartridge because the printer needs it.
2. I'd rather he come than give me a made up excuse.
3. If I remember correctly, he said that he would bring the food from the restaurant.
4. He keeps saying that he wants to meet me sooner
5. And when we met he said again
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SOLUTIONS
1. You have to buy a magenta cartridge because the printer needs it.
– You have to buy: yes, it is a verbal periphrasis because it meets the basic structural characteristics of having a verb 1 (there is) conjugated (present simple of the indicative), a verb 2 (buy) in a non-personal form (infinitive) and a conjunction (que) that unites them and furthermore, the verb 1 (there is) loses its original meaning of "exist" and acquires that of "an obligation".
2. I'd rather he come than give me an invented excuse:
I prefer that it come: it is not a verbal periphrasis because although the verb 1 (I prefer) is conjugated and there is a conjunction followed (that); verb 2 (come) is notin a non-personal way but is conjugated in the present subjunctive, therefore it does not meet the essential characteristics to be a verbal periphrasis.
3. If I remember correctly, he said that he would bring the food from the restaurant:
he said that he would bring: it is not a verbal periphrasis because although the verb 1 (he said) is conjugated and there is a conjunction followed (that); verb 2 (would bring) is not in a non-personal form but is conjugated in the simple conditional of the indicative, therefore it does not meet the essential characteristics to be a verbal periphrasis.
4. He keeps saying that he wants to meet me as soon as possible:
– To say: yes it is a verbal periphrasis because it meets the essential characteristics that verb 1 (to) is conjugated (present simple of the indicative), verb 2 (to say) is in a non-personal form (infinitive) and there is a preposition (of) that unites both verbs and also, verb 1 loses its original meaning of "to stop" and acquires that of an action that continues to be performed.
– Wants to know: it is not a verbal periphrasis because, although it meets the characteristics that verb 1 (want) is conjugated (present simple of the indicative) and verb 2 (know) is in a non-personal form (infinitive), verb 1 maintains its original meaning of "to want something" and therefore cannot be a verbal periphrasis but a noun subordinate clause that could be replaced by a pronoun (wants that).
5. And when we met he said again:
– He said again: yes it isverbal periphrasis because in the first place it fulfills the structural characteristics of having verb 1 (returned) conjugated (preterite perfect simple of the indicative), verb 2 (to say) in a non-personal form (infinitive) and a preposition that unites them (to) and secondly, the verb 1 (returned) loses its original meaning of "going back" and acquires that of "repetition".
