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Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

Learn about helping verbs and verb phrases with definitions and examples. Discover common helping verbs and how they assist main verbs in forming sentences. Practice identifying helping verbs and verb phrases in sentences.

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Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

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  1. Helping the Verb! Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

  2. Definitions! • A verb phrase is composed of a helping verb and a main verb. • A helping verb is a verb that comes before and “helps” the main verb. • A verb phrase may have as many as three helping verbs.

  3. Common Helping Verbs • Shall • Should • Can • Could • Will • Would • May • Might • Must • Has • Have • Had • Does • Do • Did • Am • Is • Are • Was • Were • Be • Been • Being

  4. Examples All of the sentences have verb phrases. The helping verbs are in bold. • We had never met before. • He shouldhave won the car race. • She might win the lottery. • Joe will eat it. • Julia cando a split. • The letters should have beenmailed earlier.

  5. Helping Verbs Click the helping verb. I wasusing hammers to build a shelf. Bobbywill eat anything! Jake should take out the trash. Amanda might win the dance contest. Verb Phrases Click VP if the sentence has a verb phrase, and click the X if it doesn’t. Freddy will crawl to the kitchen. VPX Freddy crawled to the kitchen. VPX Emma ate a doughnut for breakfast. VPX Johnny can jump a very long distance. VPX Practice Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game

  6. Correct!! http://www.balloons123.com/images/products/thumbs/MF-M25930.jpg

  7. Wrong http://www.wright.edu/cola/Dept/eng/english_club/images/SadFace.jpg

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