Flocabulary: Helping Verbs

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

• may

• go

• to

• store

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

• thousand

• times

• have

• told

Identify the main verb in the following sentence: We can see the pirate ship from here.

• can

• see

• pirate

• ship

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

• can

• dance

• for

• I

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

• were

• carving

• were carving

• carving pumpkins

In the following sentence, what does the helping verb is show? Mink is painting a portrait of her cousins and their cats.

• Minka has the ability to paint.

• Minka ought to paint.

• The painting takes place in the future.

• The painting takes place right now.

In the following sentence, what does the helping verb will show? Liat will eat dinner after the concert.

• The eating takes place in the future.

• The eating takes place right now.

• Liat has the ability to eat dinner.

• Liat ought to eat dinner.

In the following sentence, what does the helping verb should show? We should plan our trip.

• The planning takes place in the future.

• The planning takes place right now.

• It's possible that we'll plan our trip.

• We ought to plan our trip.

In the following sentence, what does the helping verb may show? He may find the book he wants at the library.

• He ought to find the book.

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

• He found the book in the past.

• He's finding the book right now.

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

• helping verb

• main verb