- I shall very soon find out the trouble.
Here the adverbs, very and soon, separate find from its auxiliary shall. The verb phrase is, shall find. The negative not very often separates the words forming a verb phrase. For example:
- I will not go.
In this sentence, will go is the verb phrase.
When we use the auxiliary verb do to express emphasis, and also the negative not, not comes between the auxiliary verb do, and the principal verb. For example:
- I do not obey, I think.
In this sentence, do obey is the verb phrase.
In interrogative sentences, the verb phrase is inverted and a part of the verb phrase is placed first and the subject after. For example:
- Will you go with us?
You is the subject of this interrogative sentence and will go is the verb phrase; but in order to ask the question, the order is inverted and part of the verb phrase placed first. In using interrogative adverbs in asking a question, the same inverted order is used. For example: