Main Verbs and Helping Verbs A helping verb

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

A helping verb is a verb that helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement. A verb phrase consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb.

******* The most common helping verbs are be and have. *******

“Be” am, is, are, was, were subject helping verb main verb I am jumping = verb phrase

“have” have, has, had helping verb subject main verb I have jumped = verb phrase

Be am, is, are, was, were Am I am jumping. Is He/She is jumping. Are You are jumping. We are jumping. They are jumping.

Be am, is, are, was, were Was I was jumping. He/She was jumping. Were You were jumping. We were jumping. You were jumping. They were jumping.

have, has, had Have I have jumped. You have jumped. We have jumped. They have jumped.

have, has, had Has He/She has jumped. Had You had jumped. He/She had jumped. We had jumped. They had jumped.

Meet Mrs. Amisare Waswerebebeen My name helps you remember the most common linking verbs.

Helping verbs Hi, I’m Harry Helping Verb, and I’m so helpful that I will help you learn the 23 Helping Verbs by telling you a story. The title of the story is Old Mr. Do. Like some stories, this story has a moral. The moral is: “Maybe Mr. Do should have a will. ” Read on and you will see why!!!

“Maybe Mr. Do should have a will” Once upon a time there was a wealthy merchant named Mr. Do was very old and very rich. His many relatives were dreaming of the day the old man would die. They wondered which one of them would inherit his money. Finally, one day Mr. Do did die. All the relatives searched his house for a will. They didn’t find one. They searched his house three times. They still did not find a will. The relatives did not get one dime of Mr. Do’s fortune. **The moral: May be Mr. Do should have a will. **

May be Mr. Do should have a will Just remember the above sentence and you will know how to set up a chart of the 23 helping verbs! The largest “family” is the “BE” family with 8 members. The other 5 families have 3 members each. may might must be being been am is are was were do does did should could would have has had will can shall