ABSTRACT
Verbal groups are either finite or non-finite and it consists of one or more words with a main verb in final position. Any words that come before the main verb are auxiliaries. Verbal group has a structure consisting of a main verb standing alone or preceded by one or more auxiliaries. Simultaneously with this there is another structural organization. Finite verbal groups differ from non-finite groups in the first word. The first word is the element that has the function of marking the finiteness of the whole group. Finite groups are tensed that select either past or present and they are also either modal or non-modal. Most modal verbs require the base-form of the next verb. Modal groups have a modal auxiliary at f; such groups must have at least two words in them, a modal auxiliary and a main verb. All auxiliary elements are either some particular kind of auxiliary or the element that marks finiteness or both.
