Main or Helping Verb

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

1. Lily, Frank, and I _______ joining a neighborhood swimming team.

• Lily, Frank, and I IS joining a neighborhood swimming team.

• Lily, Frank, and I ARE joining a neighborhood swimming team.

Answer explanation

Lil, Frank, and I ARE joining a neighborhood swimming team.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

2. Frank ______ taken diving lessons at a YMCA indoor pool.

• Frank HAS taken diving lessons at a YMCA indoor pool.

• Frank HAVE taken diving lessons at a YMCA indoor pool.

Answer explanation

Frank HAS taken diving lessons at a YMCA indoor pool.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

3. The team's coach _____ analyzing everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

• The team's coach HAVE analyzing everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

• The team's coach IS analyzing everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

Answer explanation

The team's coach IS analyzing everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

4. The coach ______ post the results on the bulletin board in two weeks.

• The coach WILL post the results on the bulletin board in two weeks.

• The coach HAD post the results on the bulletin board in two weeks.

Answer explanation

The coach WILL post the results on the bulletin board in two weeks.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

5. Our team's season _____ not begun.

• Our team's season IS not begun.

• Our team's season HAS not begun.

Answer explanation

Our team's season HAS not begun.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

6. I ______ outgrown the swimsuit I wore last summer.

• I HAVE outgrown the swimsuit I wore last summer.

• I WAS outgrown the swimsuit I wore last summer.

Answer explanation

I HAVE outgrown the swimsuit I wore last summer.

Identify the HELPING VERB that best completes the sentence.

7. I _____ going to the the sports equipment store tomorrow with my mom.

• I ARE going to the the sports equipment store tomorrow with my mom.

• I AM going to the the sports equipment store tomorrow with my mom.

Answer explanation

I AM going to the the sports equipment store tomorrow with my mom.

Perfect Tense: look at the CAPITALIZED complete verb, and identify the perfect tense. (past, present, future)

8. My brother HAS WANTED his own room for years.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

Perfect Tense: look at the CAPITALIZED complete verb, and identify the perfect tense. (past, present, future)

9. Our parents HAD CONTACTED a builder last month.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

Perfect Tense: look at the CAPITALIZED complete verb, and identify the perfect tense. (past, present, future)

10. They WILL HAVE SAVED $10,000 by this time next month for the project.

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect