Linking and Helping Verbs

What do helping verbs do?

• show action

• link the subject to the predicate

• help the action verb

This type of verb can't stand alone; it helps the main verb fit properly into the sentence.

• action

• helping

• linking

• genetic

He is a gentleman. (underlined word is a)

• linking verb

• helping verb

• action verb

Which verb connects the subject to something about the subject

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb 

• pronoun

What is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

• adjective

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: She is a very smart girl.

• is

• she

• smart

• very

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.

• walking

• is

• Arthur

• mall

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The teacher became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.

• frustrated

• with

• grades

• became

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.

• football

• watching

• was

• Luke

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the basketball game, we were sweaty.

• after

• we

• sweaty

• were