Linking and Helping Verbs

Identify the helping verbs in the following sentence: The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance. 

• should and have

• dancers and their

• before and the

• have and practiced

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

_{What type of verb is the word in red?}

Mrs. Baker is forty-two years old.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

_{What type of verb is the word in red?}

He is a dentist.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb? Mark is coaching basketball for Georgia Tech.

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

Sally is a beautiful ballerina.

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

Sally is beautiful.

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

After school, my mother is going to take me shopping.

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

We have learned lots of grammar this year.

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is the underlined verb?

The holiday season has begun!

• action verb

• helping verb

• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B