Helping Verbs
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence. What unusual jobs can you name?
What is can?
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. Our school has won the trophy.
What is won?
Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence. He and his wife Carol own and run Greenfield Review Press.
What is own, run?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence. The first day seemed long.
What is seemed?
Identify the correct verb form in the sentence. I have _________ this outfit every day. (wear)
What is worn?
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence. Our team will always work hard.
What is have will?
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. Chimney sweeps still do clean chimney flues for people.
What is clean?
Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence. Bruchac shares the stories he wishes he had heard as a child.
What is shares, wishes, heard?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence. Did she appear happy about living in Florida?
What is appear?
Identify the correct verb form in the sentence. I have __________ three new fish. (buy)
What is bought?
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence. The pitcher could not throw a strike.
What is could?
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. Other people have been finding work as mimes.
What is finding?
Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence. Bruchac believes their stories should be told and remembered.
What is believes, told, remembered?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence. Your suggestion sounded good to me.
What is sounded?
Identify the correct verb form in the sentence. We have __________ this team in basketball before. (beat)
What is beaten?
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence. With a little imagination, anyone can find an unusual job.
What is can?
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. Some people have been working as messengers.
What is working?
Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence. American Indians narrate their own experience and ideas.
What is narrate?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence. Before a storm the air grows wet and heavy.
What is grows?
Identify the correct verb form in the sentence. (lie or lay) The fat cat likes to ________________in the sun.
What is lie?
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence. What unusual jobs cab you name? Seth has been fishing all day.
What is has been?
Identify the main verb in the following sentence. They can be seen performing at circuses, fairs, and festivals.
What is seen?
Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence. One of his books, Lating Echos, tells the history of American Indians.
What is tells?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence. The orange tasted a little too sweet.
What is tasted?
Identify the correct verb form in the sentence. My dad has _________ in the Boston Marathon. (run)
What is run?