1 Complex Verb Patterns in the Philippine English Alejandra Jose, Lance Cabigas, Monica Ambrocio, and Samantha Cheng De La Salle University, Manila alejandra_jose@dlsu.ph , lance_cabigas@dlsu.ph , nica.ambrocio@yahoo.com , sammichucheng@yahoo.com Abstract: As teachers and students are very well acquainted with the types of simple verbs that are usually taught in classrooms, little attention is given to complex verb phrases. Considered rare in use in Philippine contexts, complex verb phrases is as complicated as the term itself. This research paper, then, as a partial requirement for Structure of English tackles the concept of complex verb phrases in Philippine English. This paper, based on a corpus gathered from a social networking site called Facebook which includes number of posts, status updates, comments and replies of people with age ranging from 13 to 25 years of age who are Filipinos and are currently living at the Philippines. This research paper also discuss the frequency of such verb patterns in the Philippine English contexts while analyzing the typical patterns of verbs that are commonly present in PE conversations. Keywords: Complex, Verb Patterns, Philippine English, Corpus 1 Introduction She may have been being examined by the pediatrician. Many people would say that, that sentence sounds too unusual, just a product of being a Grammar Nazi. Someone can even say that that kind of sentence construction is already obsolete and not convenient to use anymore in everyday conversations. The Philippines, which use American English as a basis, also show this kind of approach to complex verb phrases.