Main, Helping, and Linking Verbs

Type the helping verb phrase from the sentence: She will go to the movie with Brenda.

Mrs. Surasky will work on the robot this afternoon.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Which of the following are not examples of helping verbs?

• am, is, are, was, were

• have, has, had

• shall, should, will, would

• and, seems, not, or

What is the helping verb in this sentence?

Shaley can ride her sister's bike.

• Shaley

• can

• ride

• bike

In the following sentence, what does the helping verb will show?

• The eating takes place in the future.

• The eating takes place right now.

• Liat has the ability to eat dinner.

• Liat ought to eat.

Sarah __ very fast.

• is

• am

• tomato

• are

Linking Verbs:

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She __ my mother.

• is

• am

• are

What part of speech is the word in blue? We are traveling to Madrid, Spain tomorrow.

• common noun

• pronoun

• helping verb

• action verb

• linking verb

Verb?

Forward the email to me, please.

• Forward

• Email

• You

• Me

Those cows have eaten all the grass.

What type of verb is highlighted?

• main verb

• helping verb