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HELPING VERBS

HELPING VERBS. (Aka auxiliary verbs). You already know… Every complete sentence contains a verb. AND. We usually think of a verb as being one word: run work thought eating try. For example:. The dogs eat biscuits. EAT is the verb My friend works at the mall.

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HELPING VERBS

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  1. HELPING VERBS (Aka auxiliary verbs)

  2. You already know… • Every complete sentence contains a verb.

  3. AND • We usually think of a verb as being one word: run work thought eating try

  4. For example: • The dogs eat biscuits. • EAT is the verb • My friend works at the mall. • What’s the verb?

  5. BUT, did you know…? • Sometimes a verb is made up of more than one word. • Sometimes a MAIN verb needs a HELPINGverb(aka auxiliary verb).

  6. A HELPING VERB helps the main verb

  7. Here’s the point: • The main verb expresses the action or being of the sentence. • A helping verb gives more information about the verb.

  8. My dogs eat biscuits. The MAIN VERB IS _______ The HELPING VERBS are: • My dogs can eat biscuits. • My dogs do eat biscuits. • My dogs must eat biscuits. • My dogs will eat biscuits. • My dogs did eat biscuits. • My dogs may eat biscuits. • My dogs don’t eat biscuits. • My dogs can’t eat biscuits.

  9. What does each HELPING VERB do? • My dogs can eat biscuits. • My dogs do eat biscuits. • My dogs must eat biscuits. • My dogs will eat biscuits. • My dogs did eat biscuits. • My dogs may eat biscuits. • My dogs don’t eat biscuits. • My dogs can’t eat biscuits.

  10. Sometimes we can just put a helping verb in front of the main verb without changing anything else. • My dogs eat biscuits. • My dogs ** eat biscuits. • My dogs CAN eat biscuits.

  11. BUT • Some helping verbs make us change the main verb. • My dogs eat biscuits. • My dogs AREeatING biscuits. • My dogs HAVEeatEN biscuits. • The main verb changes!

  12. Keep calm and deal with it. Just remember that when you see a verb, it may have a helping verb with it. This can help you understand why some verbs change in past tense but some do not.

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