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Main Verbs & Helping Verbs

This document discusses main verbs and helping verbs. It explains that a verb can consist of a single word or multiple words. When a verb has multiple words, the last word is the main verb and any words before it are helping verbs. Common helping verbs include forms of be, have, and do. The main verb and helping verbs may be separated in a sentence by other parts of speech.

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Main Verbs & Helping Verbs

This document discusses main verbs and helping verbs. It explains that a verb can consist of a single word or multiple words. When a verb has multiple words, the last word is the main verb and any words before it are helping verbs. Common helping verbs include forms of be, have, and do. The main verb and helping verbs may be separated in a sentence by other parts of speech.

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Main Verbs and

Helping Verbs
Remember

A verb may be a
single word or a
group of words.
(multiple worded
verb)
Examples • Matt throws a
football.
• Taylor dances
with her
friend.
But...

2
• Often a verb is
made up of two
or more words.
• Devin is throwing a
Like this... football.
• Shakira is dancing
with her friend.
• Devin has been
throwing a football.
• Shakira might have
danced with her
friend.
So remember When there are
this.. two or more
words in the
verb, the last
word is the
main verb.
And...
The other
words are
helping
verbs.
Check this out • Forms of the
verbs be, have,
and do are the
most commonly
used helping
verbs.
But also... they can be
used as
main verbs
too.
Other
Furthermore... helping
verbs can be
used with
main verbs.
The main verb and its
helping verbs are not
.
g. .
n
always together. They
thi
re

may be separated by
mo

other parts of the


e
On

sentence.
• The children are not
Examples...
eating their dinner.
• Jordan has never liked
snacks.
• Did the teenagers make
popcorn today?
• We couldn’t find the
recipe.
That not and the ending
Just
n’t are not verbs.
notice...
In questions, one or more
words often come
between the helping verb
and the main verb.

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