Helping Verbs

A helping verb helps the main verb describe the action.

​If you are feeling fancy, you can call helping verbs "auxiliary verbs." (og-zil-er-ee)

Let's practice:

Hudson is playing with his pet turtle.

Hudson is playing with his pet turtle.

Helping verb: is

Main Verb: playing

Fill in the blank with the correct helping verb on the next slide!

Sometimes, sentences can have more than one helping verb.

Korbin would have caught the ball!

Helping verbs: would and have

Main verb: caught

Click the link below to play a game. Remember, there can be more than one helping verb in a sentence!

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