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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They are singing for his birthday.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

2.

Cookie Monster will eat lots of cookies.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

3.

The jellyfish can sting you and that's very painful.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

4.

Dad has cut the cake.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

5.

Those cows have eaten all the grass.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

6.

President Trump has given many speeches.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

7.

8. The small duck will quack when he sees his mother.

What is the main verb?

a)

quack

b)

small

c)

mother

d)

duck

8.

Q. When the volcano erupted, we were very surprised.

What is the main verb?

a)

volcano

b)

erupted

c)

were

9.

The water in our pool feels refreshing!

What is the main verb?

a)

pool

b)

water

c)

feels

10.

Cute koalas nibble on the leaves.

What is the main verb?

a)

cute

b)

koalas

c)

leaves

d)

nibble

11.

Find the main verb.

She is eating her lunch.

a)

is

b)

lunch

c)

eating

d)

her

12.

Find the helping verb.

He will do schoolwork before going outside.

a)

before

b)

will

c)

he

d)

do

13.

Find the main verb.

She will display her artwork on her bedroom wall.

a)

display

b)

will

c)

on

d)

her

14.

Find the helping verb.

This Saturday, David will solve six division problems.

a)

will

b)

this

c)

solve

d)

problems

15.

Find the main verb.

She won a blue ribbon before.

a)

a

b)

ribbon

c)

blue

d)

won

16.

Find the helping verb.

He will visit the Air and Space Museum.

a)

visit

b)

he

c)

will

d)

and

17.

Find the main verb.

Alicia's friends are playing four square.

a)

are

b)

playing

c)

four

d)

friends

18.

Find the helping verb.

They have asked a detective to help.

a)

asked

b)

they

c)

have

d)

to

19.

Find the main verb.

They will see Sam in the race on Wednesday.

a)

see

b)

in

c)

will

d)

they

20.

Find the helping verb.

Hector will always try his best in class!

a)

try

b)

will

c)

best

d)

in

21.

What are verbs?

a)

Action words

b)

Nouns

22.

There are __________ types of verbs.

a)

one

b)

two

23.

Which are the two types of verbs?

a)

Main verbs and Helping verbs.

b)

Nouns and Naming words.

24.

They are singing for his birthday.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

25.

Cookie Monster will eat lots of cookies.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

26.

President Trump has given many speeches.

What type of verb is highlighted?

a)

main verb

b)

helping verb

27.

What is the main verb in this sentence We will see an old tree house.?

a)

see

b)

will

c)

an

d)

old

28.

What is the helping verb in this sentence We will see an old tree house.?

a)

will

b)

see

c)

an

d)

old

29.

What is the main verb in this sentence Pablo has seen it many times.?

a)

has

b)

seen

c)

it

d)

many

30.

What is the helping verb in this sentence Pablo has seen it many times.?

a)

has

b)

seen

c)

it

d)

many

31.

What is the main verb in this sentence We were reading about it in the newspaper.?

a)

reading

b)

were

c)

about

d)

we

32.

What is the helping verb in this sentence We were reading about it in the newspaper.?

a)

were

b)

reading

c)

about

d)

we

33.

What is the main verb in this sentence The tree house has stood for years.?

a)

stood

b)

has

c)

for

d)

house

34.

What is the helping verb in this sentence The tree house has stood for years.?

a)

has

b)

stood

c)

for

d)

house

35.

What is the main verb in this sentence Last year the wind had blown off the roof.?

a)

blown

b)

had

c)

year

d)

wind

36.

What is the helping verb in this sentence Last year the wind had blown off the roof.?

a)

had

b)

blown

c)

year

d)

wind

37.

What is the main verb in this sentence The rain has hurt the house too.?

a)

hurt

b)

has

c)

too

d)

the

38.

What is the helping verb in this sentence The rain has hurt the house too.?

a)

has

b)

hurt

c)

the

d)

too

39.

What is the main verb in this sentence Some people were hoping to save the old tree house.?

a)

hoping

b)

were

c)

save

d)

some

40.

What is the helping verb in this sentence Some people were hoping to save the old tree house.?

a)

were

b)

hoping

c)

some

d)

save

41.

What is the main verb in this sentence The mayor has thought of a plan.?

a)

thought

b)

has

c)

plan

d)

mayor

42.

What is the helping verb in this sentence The mayor has thought of a plan.?

a)

has

b)

thought

c)

plan

d)

mayor