Linking Verbs vs. Helping Verbs

Linking verbs do not express action.

• True

• False

The helping verb appears after the main verb.

• True

• False

Is the underlined verb in the following sentence a helping verb or a main verb?: The tree house has stood for years.

• helping verb

• main verb

What is the linking verb in the following sentence?: The pilot remained calm.

• pilot

• calm

• remained

• the

Is the underlined verb in the following sentence a helping verb or a main verb?: Some people were hoping to save the old tree house.

• main verb

• helping verb

What is the linking verb in the following sentence?: Your perfume smells delightful!

• delightful

• smells

• your

• perfume

Is the underlined verb in the following sentence a helping verb or a main verb?: We were reading about it in the newspaper.

• helping verb

• main verb

What is the linking verb in the following sentence?: The jars are full.

• jars

• full

• are

• the

What does a helping verb do?

• its job is to be the most important verb in a sentence

• it helps an elderly woman cross the street

• it connects the subject to a noun or adjective in the sentence

• it works with the main verb to tell when an action happened

What does a linking verb do?

• it links every single word together in a sentence

• it connects the subject to a noun or adjective in a sentence

• it expresses action in a sentence

• it supports the main verb