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True or False
Identify Helping Verbs
Identify Verb Phrases
Name that Verb
Which word doesn't belong
100
Helping verbs are placed after other verbs to form verb phrases.
What is False. Before other verbs
100
You can ride on two types of monorails.
What is can.
100
Commercial aviation was being used as early as 1914.
What is was being used.
100

has been called

What is has been (helping) called (main)

100
is, opening, had been, do
What is opening. It's a main verb.
200

Helping verbs can stand alone. 

What is false?

200
On one type of monorail, you will travel on top of a single beam.
What is will.
200
The first passenger line was being operated between St. Petersburg, Florida, and Tampa Florida.
What is was being operated.
200
did not recognize
What is did (helping) recognize (main)
200
talked, find, gone, see, does
What is does. It's a helping verb. The others are main verbs.
300
Not is a helping verb.
What is false
300
On another type , the suspended monorail, you will be hanging from the beam.
What is will be.
300
Improvements in airplane technology were encouraged by World War I.
What is were encouraged.
300
would be flown
What is would be (helping) flown (main)
300
shall, should, sent, might, must
What is sent. It's a main verb. The others are helping verbs.
400
Forms of the verb "be" are often used as helping verbs.
What is true.
400
A monorail in Germany has been running more than a hundred years.
What is has been.
400
Many pilots had been hired to accommodate the rapid growth of the airlines.
What is had been hired.
400
had been made
What is had been (helping) made (main)
400
trained, written, played, will, played.
What is will. It's a helping verb and the other words are main verbs.
500
A helping verb can be one, two, or three words.
What is true.
500
Still another type of monorail was developed in France;each car was designed to hang by four wheels along two beams.
What is was.
500
Pilots were put through extensive training and were given rigorous written exams.
What is were put & were given.
500
might have been credited
What is might have been (helping) credited (main)
500
might have, will have, gone, should be, was being.
What is gone. It's a main verb not a helping verb.