Transcript helping verbs

Helping Verbs
A verb is a word used to
express action or a state
of being.
Today, we are going to
review helping verbs,
main verbs, and action
verbs
Helping Verbs helps the
main verb express action
or a state of being.
Examples:
- can speak
- will learn
should have been fed
-
Together, the main verb
and its helping verb or
verbs are called a verb
phrase.
Examples:
- Many students can speak Spanish.
- I will be learning about helping
verbs today.
Commonly Used Helping Verbs
am
are
be
been
being
can
could
did
do
does
had
has
have
is
may
might
must were
shall will
should would
was
Some words can be used as
both helping verbs and
main verbs.
Helping Verb:
- I do enjoy the movies.
Main Verb:
- I will do the dishes.
Sometimes a verb phrase is
interrupted by another part
of speech.
Examples:
- Students should not forget their
homework.
- Did you call your friends this
weekend?
The word NOT and its
contraction, -n’t, are adverbs
telling to what extent; neither
is part of a verb phrase.
Example:
- Students should not forget their
homework.
Helping Verbs Song (sung
to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Helping verbs, helping verbs,
There are twenty-three:
AM, IS, ARE, WAS and WERE
BEING, BEEN, and BE….oh!
HAVE, HAS, HAD, DO, DOES, DID,
SHALL, WILL, SHOULD, and WOULD.
There are five more helping verbs:
MAY, MIGHT, MUST, CAN, COULD.
Complete Exercise 1,
page 53, 1-5
 An action verb is a verb that expresses either a physical
or mental activity.
 Drake wrote songs for many other artists, like Nikki
Minaj.
 The JMA cheerleaders cheered for the football team.
 I dreamed of becoming a scientist.
 Parents just don’t understand what it’s like to be a
teenager!
Complete exercise 2,
page 54, 1-5.
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