Helping verbs
Main Verbs
Identifying Verbs
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100
What does a helping verbs do?
It helps the main verb to express the action or a state of being.
100
What do main verbs do?
They express action or a state of being.
100
What is the verb or verb phrase? (The dog barked all night.)
barked
100

Identify the verb phrase.

He has run five miles each day.

has run

200
What is the helping verb in the sentence? (Mr. Rivera can speak in french.)
Can
200
What is the verb in this sentence. (I will do the dishes.)
do
200
What is the verb or verb phrase? (Is a firefly a kind of beetle.)
Is
200

Identify the verb phrase. 


The games were started in 1967.

were started

300
What is the definition of a helping verb?
What is the definition of a helping verb?
300
What is the definition of a main verb?
A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being.
300
What is the verb or verb phrase? (The dog should have been fed by now.)
should have been fed
300

identify the verb phrase.

The librarian might read us a story about insects.

might read

400
Name all of the helping verbs.
am, are, be, been, being, can, could, did, do, does, had, has, have, is, may, must, might, shall, should, will, was, were, would.
400
How many main verbs can be in a sentence?
Only one.
400

What is the verb or verb phrase? (Is China in Asia?)

Is

400

Identify the verb phrase.

My family will be waiting for me tomorrow. 

will be waiting

500
What is a helping verb also called?
auxiliary verb.
500
What are main verbs also called?
lexical verbs
500

What is the verb or verb phrase? (Where did Ms. Sharma go?)

go.

500

Complete the following sentence with a helping verb.

His uncle _____ drive us to school tomorrow morning.

can, will, may

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