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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs. © Brent Coley 2008 | www.mrcoley.com. In some sentences, the verb is one word . Bill ran to the store. The children drank some milk. The dog barked loudly.

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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

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  1. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs © Brent Coley 2008 | www.mrcoley.com

  2. In some sentences, the verb is one word.Bill ran to the store.The children drank some milk.The dog barked loudly.

  3. In other sentences, the verb can be more than one word.Bill was running to the store.The dog had barked all day.

  4. The main verb is the most important word.The helping verb comes before the main verb.

  5. Lucy iswalking down the sidewalk.is = helping verbwalking = main verb

  6. The students hadtaken the test.had = helping verbtaken = main verb

  7. See if you can correctly identify the helping verb and main verb in the following sentences.

  8. Susan is walking her dog.

  9. Susan is walking her dog. is = helping verb

  10. Susan iswalking her dog. is = helping verbwalking = main verb

  11. She had passed the math test.

  12. She had passed the math test.had = helping verb

  13. She hadpassed the math test.had = helping verbpassed = main verb

  14. The teacher was talking to the parent.

  15. The teacher was talking to the parent.was = helping verb

  16. The teacher wastalking to the parent.was = helping verbtalking = main verb

  17. We have spoken to the principal.

  18. We have spoken to the principal.have = helping verb

  19. We havespoken to the principal.have = helping verbspoken = main verb

  20. They were talking to each other.

  21. They were talking to each other. were = helping verb

  22. They weretalking to each other. were = helping verbtalking = main verb

  23. They will put their notebooks away.

  24. They will put their notebooks away. will = helping verb

  25. They willput their notebooks away. will = helping verbput = main verb

  26. My mom was cooking dinner.

  27. My mom was cooking dinner.was = helping verb

  28. My mom wascooking dinner.was = helping verbcooking = main verb

  29. Yesterday, Bob had brought his book.

  30. Yesterday, Bob had brought his book. had = helping verb

  31. Yesterday, Bob hadbrought his book. had = helping verbbrought = main verb

  32. They are listening to their iPods.

  33. They are listening to their iPods. are = helping verb

  34. They arelistening to their iPods. are = helping verblistening = main verb

  35. I am learning all about verbs.

  36. I am learning all about verbs. am = helping verb

  37. I amlearning all about verbs. am = helping verblearning = main verb

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