Action Verbs and Helping Verbs

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Verb type of 'drives' in: Trisha drives her car to the store.

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Action

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Verb type of 'was' in: Chad was running in the park.

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Helping

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Helping verbs:

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may, might, must, can, could

Front

Identify the verb in this sentence: They made observations from the ground, Earth's atmosphere, and the International Space Station.

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made

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Identify the verb in: 'During a total solar eclipse, the moon almost completely blocks out the sun.'

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blocks

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An action verb ...

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is the action the subject of the sentence is doing.

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A helping verb...

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helps the main verb.

Front

Helping verbs precede another verb to form a verb phrase. Identify the helping verb: Jeffrey has hit the most home runs.

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has

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RED verb: main or helping? The puppy has been barking for an hour.

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helping verb

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RED verb: main or helping? Witnesses were being questioned by police.

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main verb