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Understanding Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

Learn how main verbs and helping verbs work together in constructing sentences. Identify main verbs, helping verbs, and verb phrases. Practice filling in missing helping verbs in sentences.

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Understanding Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

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  1. THEME 4/LESSON 19 MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS

  2. What is a verb? A verb tells what the subject does.

  3. A main verb tells what is happening in the sentence. Example : Natalie ran down the street. “ran” is the main verb

  4. A helping verb comes before the main verb. Example: Tom has helped me before. “has” is the helping verb “has helped” is the verb phrase

  5. The verb in a sentence can be made up of one or more words. This is called the verb phrase. A verb phrase includes the main verb and one or more helping verbs. Example: Mike has used a hammer before. “ has used” is the verb phrase

  6. am is are was were will has have had do does did could would *should Common Helping Verbs

  7. Name the main verb, helping verb, and verb phrase Gena has used the same pencil all year.

  8. main verb – used helping verb – has verb phrase – has used

  9. Abby has been working on a new invention.

  10. main verb – working helping verb – has been verb phrase – has been working

  11. Ethan will experiment with his new science kit.

  12. main verb – experiment helping verb – will verb phrase – will experiment

  13. Sarah is selling books at her store.

  14. main verb – selling helping verb – is verb phrase – is selling

  15. Fill in the missing spaces with a helping verb. A new animal shelter ____ opened in our town. It ____ provide a home for lost animals. Many pets ____ abandoned by their owners. The lucky ones ____taken to the shelter. They ____ be fed. However, these animals _____ have homes.

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