Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases Definitions A verb

Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases

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.

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

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

Practice Helping Verbs Click the helping verb. • I was using hammers to build a shelf. • Bobby will 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. VP X • Freddy crawled to the kitchen. VP X • Emma ate a doughnut for breakfast. VP X • Johnny can jump a very long distance. VP X Who Wants to be a Millionaire Game

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