Helping Verbs List of Helping Verbs Always Helping

Helping Verbs

List of Helping Verbs Always Helping Verbs: n May n Might n must n Should n Could n would n Will n Can n shall Can be Helping Verbs and Main Verbs: n Be (am, is, are, was, were) n Have n Being --Had n Been --Has n Am --Did n Are --Does n Is --Do n Was n were

n John was helping his mom. n You can wait your turn. n You shouldn’t read that book. n Kevin may have been searching for the lost key. n I can’t believe she is going out with him.

Direct Objects n The direct object is the noun that receives the action of the verb. n Typically, a direct object follows the verb and can be found by asking who or what received the action of the verb.

n In the following examples, the direct object is bold and the verb is underlined. n Example: After dinner, Matthew always serves a cake. –To determine the direct object, ask whom or what was acted on by the verb.

n Example: To the average citizen, politics offers considerable frustration. –Although the direct object follows the verb, an adjective may be between the verb and object. n Christine discovered a pile of books hidden under the staircase.

n Identify direct object in the following sentence. John played basketball in his backyard with Joyce and Timothy. n A. backyard n B. basketball n C. John n D. played

n Identify direct object in the following sentence. Trisha visited Rome with her cousin last year. n A. Trisha n B. last year n C. Rome n D. her cousin

n Identify direct object in the following sentence. Helen played piano for three hours. n A. Helen n B. everyday n C. three hours n D. piano