Helping Verbs
Identify the helping verb in the sentence: "She will go to the store."
What is will?
Identify the linking verb in this sentence: "She is a talented musician."
What is is?
Identify the action verb in this sentence: "The dog barked loudly."
What is barked?
To come up with something new or original.
What is create?
What is a helping verb?
Fill in the blank with a helping verb: "I ___ finished my homework."
What is have/had?
True or False: Linking verbs can show action.
Fill in the blank with an action verb: "She ___ her bike to school."
What is rides/rode/takes/took?
To write down or name a series of things.
What is list?
This verb connects the subject to its description.
Name three common helping verbs.
What is am/is/are/was/were/be/been/become/ have/ has/had/do/does/did/may/might/ must/will/could/can/should/could/would?
Give an example of a linking verb in this sentence: "They ____ pick up the books from the library."
What is will/can?
True or False: "Run" is an action verb.
What is true?
To show how something works or how to do something.
What is demonstrate?
This verb involves movement and can be acted out.
What is an action verb?
Complete the sentence with a helping verb: "He ___ studying for the test."
What is is?
Identify the linking verb in this sentence: "The sand feels nice."
What is feels?
Identify the action verb in this sentence: "Maria and I thought the college's campus was impressive."
What is thought?
To tell about something in detail.
What is describe?
These verbs are found on the model of the triangle going through the different levels of verb complexity.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy of Verbs?
Identify the helping VERBS in this sentence: The boy will become an astronaut.
True or False. The linking verb in this sentence is "in": "Catherine was in the hallway."
What is false?
(was)
Fill in the blank with an appropriate action verb: "Tory _____ an A on her geometry test."
What is got/gets?
To put parts together to make something whole.
What is assemble?
Words that are similar to each other.
What are synonyms?