Helping Verb
Main Verb
Verb Phrase
Action Verb
100

What is/are the helping verb/verbs in this sentence? I should take the day off.

should

100

What is the main verb in the sentence?  I should take the laundry downstairs.

take

100

What is the verb phrase in this sentence?  You will need to show your work.   

will need

100

What is the action verb in this sentence?  Why are you kicking the wall?

kicking

200

What is/are the helping verb/verbs in this sentence?  Who is going to the movies?

is

200

What is the main verb in the sentence?  Will you show me how to do this?

show

200

What is the verb phrase in this sentence?  May we be excused from the table?

may be excused

200

What is the action verb in the sentence?  May we be excused from the table?

excused

300

What is/are the helping verb/verbs in this sentence?  It would have been great to see you.

would have

300

What is the main verb in the sentence?  The mechanic has been repairing the car all day.

repairing

300

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?  Should we meet at your house?

should meet

300

What is the action verb in the sentence?  The dance will be starting in 20 minutes.

starting

400

What is/are the helping verb/verbs in this sentence?  They should be driving by any minute.

should be

400

What is the main verb in the sentence?  You must study every day.

study

400

What is the main verb in the sentence?  Were you just talking about the game?

were talking

400

What is the action verb in the sentence?  When will the school be letting out today?

letting

500

What is/are the helping verb/verbs in this sentence?  They must have been driving in the wrong direction.

must have been

500

What is the main verb in the sentence?  It would have looked better in red.

looked

500

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?  You must have been joking about the early out.

must have been joking

500

What is the action verb in the sentence?  When are you going to give me my pencil?

going

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