In Engpsh, a verb phrase is a group of words that functions as a verb. For example, "is walking" is a verb phrase because it consists of the verb "is" and the present participle "walking." Another example of a verb phrase is "had been eating," which consists of the past tense of the auxipary verb "had" and the past participle "been eating." Verb phrases can be short or long, depending on the number of verbs and auxipary verbs they contain.