Action, linking, and helping verbs

What two types of verbs are considered the main verbs in a sentence.

• action/ helping
• helping/ linking
• action/ linking
• only action 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Nicole runs into school each day.

• action
• linking
• helping

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Many runners raced toward the finish line.
What is the verb in the sentence?

• line
• toward
• raced
• toward

Find the helping verb:
The king has created bad laws. 

• king
• has
• created
• laws

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.2.6

Find the helping verb:
You should not take the last piece of pizza. 

• should
• not
• take
• pizza

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.2.6

What do verbs do?

• They modify nouns or pronouns
• They express an action, condition, or state of being
• They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• They are used in a place of a noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

A helping verb.....

• helps the main verb.
• is the action of the sentence.
• describes the noun in the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Monday is a holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King.

• Helping / Main
• Action
• Linking

The rose smelled lovely.

• Helping/Main
• Action
• Linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

The baby ate all their dinner.

• Helping / Main
• Action
• Linking