Main and Helping Verbs

Main and Helping Verbs

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?

Khaled wrote a letter to Sheikh Khalifa.

• Khaled

• wrote

• letter

• Khalifa

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?

Zayed and Sultan played in the park.

• played

• in

• the

• and

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?

The kids studied science after school.

• science

• the

• studied

• school

Multiple Choice

What is the main verb in the sentence?

Children are reading books in the library.

• in

• the

• children

• reading

Multiple Choice

What is the main verb in the sentence?

She is studying for her math test.

• studying

• math

• test

• she

Multiple Choice

What is the main verb in the sentence?

Leya is baking cookies for the holidays.

• Leya

• baking

• cookies

• holidays

Multiple Choice

The girls are eating pizza after practice.

• helping verb

• main verb

Multiple Choice

They are buying many books for gifts.

• helping verb

• main verb

Multiple Choice

Our town is building a library.

• helping verb

• main verb

Multiple Choice

Many other parents and friends have offered their services.

• helping verb

• main verb

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Identify the Helping Verb in the sentence:

Ryan has read much science fiction.

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Identify the Main Verb in the sentence:

Ryan has read much science fiction.

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Identify the Helping Verb in the sentence:

He was thinking about his favorite stories.

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Identify the Main Verb in the sentence:

He was thinking about his favorite stories.

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