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Task 3: Verb Expansion

Published on Dec 28, 2015

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Task 3: Verb Expansion

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'connor

The children have traveled to Florida before. (p. 117)

Pres + (have + -en) + travel
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The family will be traveling in their car.

Pres + will + (be+ -ing) + travel
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"I know you're a good man!" (p. 127)

Pres + know

"I recognized you at once!" (p. 127)

Past + recognize
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The Misfit kills the family.

Pres + kill
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The grandmother should keep to herself.

Past + shall + keep
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The Misfit is talking to his henchmen.

Pres + (be + -ing) + talk

John Wesley and June Star were reading the funny papers. (p.117)

Past + (be + -ing) + read
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The Misfit may run from the police.

Pres + may + run

The grandmother had talked too much.

Past + (have + -en) + talk
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She could have lived if she was quiet.

Past + can + (have + -en) + live

The Misfit has been running from the police.

Pres + has + (be + -ing) + run

Reference Page

  • "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
  • Flannery O'Connor, The Complete Stories (1971)
  • Understanding English Grammar (2012)
  • Martha Kolln and Robert Funk