Flocabulary: Helping Verbs

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Identify the helping verb: Wendell may go to the pet store.

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may

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Identify the helping verb: I have told you a thousand times not to call me Shirley!

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have

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Main verb in: 'We can see the pirate ship from here.'

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see

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Identify the helping verb in: I can dance for five hours without stopping.

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can

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Identify the verb phrase: Kiran and Aiden were carving pumpkins all afternoon.

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were carving

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Helping verb 'is' in: 'Mink is painting a portrait of her cousins and their cats.'

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The painting takes place right now.

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Helping verb 'will' in 'Liat will eat dinner after the concert' indicates:

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The eating takes place in the future.

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Helping verb 'should' in 'We should plan our trip' indicates:

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We ought to plan our trip.

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Helping verb 'may' in: 'He may find the book at the library.'

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It's possible that he'll find the book.

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In the sentence, 'Markeisha had a great idea,' is 'had' a helping or main verb?

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main verb