I like ice cream cones.
My grandpa uses a cane.
What's you favorite movie scene?
Lemonade taste better with ice.
Not read would be the verb phrase in that sentence because the rest of the sentence is not a verb.
A verb phrase means a group of two or more words in a sentence so not read would be the verb phrase
By legally changing your name at the city hall! hope this helps
It is odd that war should be viewed as an adventurous expedition.