Question

Identify the verbs in the sentence.

Shouldn’t we have left early and arrived on time first?

A. Shouldn’t have left, arrived
B. Should have left, arrived
C. have left, arrived
D. Shouldn’t left, arrived

**Please explain!! Thank you :)

Answer 1

thanks for coming!! :) Do u get this?? i am confused :(

Answer 2

What grade are you in? This is not difficult

Answer 3

10th :/ but i think one of the verbs is shouldn't.... am i right?

Answer 4

what grade are u in? :)

Answer 5

or wait cuz this is a compound verb right?? and they share the subject 'we' ??

Answer 6

so i'm just confused cuz is 'shouldn't' apart of the verb?

Answer 7

Okay, in a situation like this, what you want to do is re-write the sentence and put things in their proper order, that we clearly see what all the verbs are including the linking/helping/ and main verbs.

Now if we take away the "not" part and switch things around a little bit, we can re-write the sentence this way:

We `should have left` early and `arrived` on time first.

Answer 8

ohhhh sooo you always include the helping words??

Answer 9

so the answer is B. should have left, arrived
?? because of the rearranging? :) and they share the subject 'we'?? is that correct? :)

Answer 10

It says to identify the verbs in the sentence, so it doesn't specify which kinds of verbs i.e. (helping, linking, main) verbs, so you have to identify ALL of them.

Answer 11

ohhh i see :) so that makes my answer
B. should have left, arrived
?? :D

Answer 12

yay :) thanks for the help and the medal!! :D