Verb Tenses
What tense tells what happened yesterday and the verbs often end in "ed".
past tense
What does a helping verb do?
It helps the main verb to express the action or a state of being.
Helping or Main?
The flower had wilted by the time Sheila got home.
DOUBLE POINTS
Main Verb
What does verb tense tell us?
DOUBLE POINTS
time - when something happened
What is the helping verb in the sentence? (Mr. Rivera can speak in French.)
DOUBLE POINTS
Can
What is the main verb in this sentence. (I will do the dishes.)
do
Helping or Main
I was running late and forgot my homework.
helping
What tense is this sentence?
He will eat the burrito at lunchtime.
future
Does a helping verb have to be right next to the main verb?
No! sometimes the word "no" or the word "never" comes between the helping verb and helping verb
What is the main verb in this sentence?
George loves to hike and ski in the mountains.
loves
I want to go to Hawaii so I can get some Hawaiian lava.
Helping verb
What verb tense has a helping verb and a main verb that ends with "ing"?
Progressive verbs
There are twenty-three helping verbs. Name 5 of them.
am, are, be, been, being, can, could, did, do, does, had, has, have, is, may, must, might, shall, should, will, was, were, would.
Which word is a verb?
dog build house
build
dance toward
crown slide
toward
What is the verb phrase in this sentence?
Marie is never going home!
is going
What verb tense has a helping verb and a verb that ends with "ed"?
perfect tense
What helping verbs are in this sentence?
Julia must have danced all the way home.
must have
Which one of these words could be a verb?
honesty lie truth
lie
What is the verb phrase in this sentence?
Julia must have been playing after school at the park.
Sharon will never forget what you did.
Helping Verb