Helping Verbs

Which sentence has a helping verb acting as a main verb?

• She is attending regularly.

• She is beautiful and smart.

• He will not be driving us.

• We shall overcome this obstacle!

Which sentence has a helping verb acting as a main verb?

• We danced, ate, and sang all night.

• We were feeling so festive.

• By midnight, we were so happy.

• And then we all enjoyed rides home on sleighs.

ID the helping verbs only:

We will be going to the mall this afternoon.

• will

• be

• going

• to

ID the helping verbs only:

Stevie Wonder had produced many albums.

• Stevie

• had

• produced

• albums

Which sentence has BOTH helping and main verbs?

• Sam was not well.

• He was hungry and tired.

• He could have been playing.

• Sam slept mostly.

ID the helping verbs only:

We might have been late to the movie.

• might

• have

• been

• late

ID the helping verbs only:

The driver should have been paying attention to the road!

• should

• have

• been

• paying

Which sentence has ONLY MAIN verbs in it?

• John is feeling great!

• He is going hiking today.

• Watch out for that rocky terrain!

• He will do the entire hike in 30 minutes.

ID the helping verbs only:

Michael is going running for an hour.

• is

• going

• running

• hour

ID the helping verbs only:

Suzette will be in charge of handling the money.

• will

• be

• handling

• money