Keywords
Verbal Phrase
Phrase
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Abstract
The study aimed to determine the ability level of junior AB English students in verbal phrase usage. The level of ability in using verbal phrase was measured by an instrument which was lifted from books. Findings showed that the ABEL students had a very poor level of ability in identifying the uses of verbal phrases. The result also revealed that the respondents’ level of ability in identifying the uses of gerund was very good, very poor in participial phrase and good in infinitive phrase.  Moreover, the respondents are either poor or very poor in their level of ability in identifying the uses of verbal phrases when grouped according to their profile variables. Therefore, mastery on the use of participial phrase in order to improve their ability level in identifying the functions of verbal phrase.
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