Helping and Linking Verbs

What is the helping verb in the following sentence: You should drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

• You

• should

• drink

• water

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the linking verb in the following sentence: They are smart and respectful.

• They

• are

• smart

• respectful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the helping verb in the following sentence: I am riding my bike home from school.

• riding

• bike

• school

• am

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the helping verb in the following sentence: I am taller than my brother.

• am

• taller

• my

• brother

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the helping verb in the following sentence: They were laughing at his funny jokes.

• They

• jokes

• laughing

• were

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the linking verb in the following sentence: They are silly together.

• together

• silly

• are

• They

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the helping verb in the following sentence: I will ask her to help me with this problem.

• ask

• will

• ask

• help

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the linking verb in the following sentence? Jerome is the team's quarterback.

• quarterback

• is

• Jerome

• team's

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the helping verb in the following sentence? The athlete does participate every day.

• athlete

• does

• participate

• every

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Is the following underlined word a helping verb or linking verb? Peach pies are delicious!

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B