Locate the complete verbal phrase and identify its use. a boy named robert won the high jump contest. verbal phrase: type:

The complete verbal phrase is “won the high jump contest”. The type of verbal phrase is finite verbal phrase, since it contains a finite verb “win”, which is the head of the phrase. Since the finite verb “win” is a transitive one, there is a complement next to the verb that has the syntactic function of direct object “the high jump contest”.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.