Helping Verbs and Their Usage

The video tutorial introduces helping verbs, focusing on 'is', 'am', 'are' for present tense and 'was', 'were' for past tense. It explains their usage with examples, highlighting that helping verbs precede main verbs in sentences. The tutorial concludes with a summary and a quiz invitation.

What is the primary function of helping verbs in a sentence?

• To confuse the reader

• To assist the main verb

• To replace the main verb

• To end the sentence

Which of the following is NOT a helping verb?

• run

• are

• is

• am

In which tense are 'is', 'am', and 'are' used?

• Conditional tense

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

Which sentence correctly uses 'is'?

• They is going to the park.

• She is reading a book.

• I is happy.

• We is playing.

What is the role of 'am' in the sentence 'I am feeling sleepy'?

• Helping verb

• Noun

• Main verb

• Adjective

Which helping verb is used for singular nouns in the past tense?

• were

• are

• was

• is

Identify the correct use of 'was' in a sentence.

• We was tired.

• They was happy.

• You was there.

• He was late.

Which pronoun would you use 'were' with?

• We

• It

• She

• He

In the sentence 'We were having a picnic', what is 'were' used for?

• To indicate past tense

• To indicate future tense

• To express a command

• To show present tense

Which of the following sentences uses 'were' correctly?

• He were there.

• She were happy.

• They were excited.

• It were raining.