True or False
True or False: Helping verbs are placed after other verbs to form verb phrases.
False. They are placed before other verbs.
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: You can ride on two types of railways.
CAN ride
Commercial flying was being used as early as 1914.
"was being used"
Identify the helping verb(s) and the action verb in the sentence: She has been called many times.
has been (helping) called (main)
Which word does not belong in the list? Why not?: is, opening, had been, do
Opening. It's an action verb.
True or False: There are twenty-four helping verbs.
False. There are twenty-three helping verbs.
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: On one type of railway, you will travel on top of a single beam.
WILL travel
The first passenger airline was being operated between St. Petersburg and Tampa.
"was being operated"
Identify the helping verb(s) and the action verb in the sentence: I did not recognize you at first.
did (helping) recognize (main)
Which word does not belong in the list? Why not?: talked, find, gone, see, does
Does. It's a helping verb. The others are action verbs.
True or False: A helping verb can be one, two, or three words.
True. You can stack helping verbs together, such as "will be going".
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: On another type, the suspended railway, you will be hanging from the beam.
WILL BE hanging
Improvements in airplane technology were encouraged by World War I.
"were encouraged"
Identify the helping verb(s) and the action verb in the sentence: The package would be flown overseas.
would be (helping) flown (main)
Which word does not belong in the list? Why not?: shall, should, sent, might, must
Sent. It's an action verb. The others are helping verbs.
True or False: Forms of the verb "be" are often used as helping verbs.
True. Be, being, and been are all forms of be.
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: A railway in Germany has been running more than one hundred years.
HAS BEEN running
Many pilots had been hired to help the rapid growth of the airlines.
"had been hired"
Identify the helping verb(s) and the action verb in the sentence: Susie's birthday cake had been made in advance.
had been (helping) made (main)
Which word does not belong in the list? Why not?: trained, written, played, will, played.
Will. It's a helping verb and the other words are action verbs.
Bonus: Name all twenty-three helping verbs.
Various answers.
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Another type of railway was developed in France; each car was designed to hang by four wheels along two beams.
WAS developed, WAS designed
Pilots were put through extensive training and were given difficult written exams.
"were put" and "were given"
Identify the helping verb(s) and the action verb in the sentence: You might have been credited for the work if you had done it.
might have been (helping) credited (main); had (helping) done (main
Which word does not belong in the list? Why not?: might have, will have, was, should be, was being.
Gone. It's not a verb phrase, it's just a helping verb.