Helping Verbs Worksheets, Definition, Examples
We’ve included several helping verbs worksheets you can use in class or at home. Helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb in a sentence to express the mood, tense, or voice of the action. They usually come before the main verb. Students typically begin learning about helping verbs in elementary school.
Here are a couple of examples:
- “She is playing basketball.” In this sentence, “is” is a helping verb that shows the continuous aspect of the action, while “playing” is the main verb.
- “They have finished the movie.” In this sentence, “have” is a helping verb, while “finished” is the main verb.
Common helping verbs include “be” (is, am, are, were, was), “have” (have, has, had), and “do” (does, do, did), as well as modal helping verbs such as can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, and must.
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Helping Verbs Worksheets
In this printable verbs activity, students will read through each sentence and underline the helping verb.
Students will use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks with the correct helping verb.
Practice forming questions with this writing activity! Students will read each sentence and turn it into a question by adding a helping verb.
In this advanced sentence search activity, students will read each sentence and highlight or underline the helping verb.
Students will fill in the blank with a helping verb that fits in the sentence.