Helping Verbs Flashcards
What are Helping Verbs?
Helping verbs ‘help’ the main verb in a sentence by adding grammatical information such as tense, mood, or voice.
What do Helping Verbs express?
They don’t express the main action themselves but give context to the main verb.
What are common Helping Verbs?
Forms of ‘be’: am, is, are, was, were, been, being; Forms of ‘have’: have, has, had; Forms of ‘do’: do, does, did; Modal verbs: will, would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must.
How do Helping Verbs form different tenses?
Examples include: Present Continuous: is playing (is + play + -ing); Past Continuous: was playing (was + play + -ing); Present Perfect: has played (has + play + -ed); Future Simple: will play (will + play).
How do Helping Verbs form questions?
Examples include: Do you like pizza? Did she go to the store?
How do Helping Verbs form negative statements?
Examples include: I do not like broccoli. She is not coming to the party.
How do Modal Verbs express possibility, obligation, permission, etc.?
Examples include: He can swim. (ability) You should study. (advice) They must leave now. (obligation)
What is an example of Helping Verbs in a sentence?
She is reading a book.
(is helps the main verb reading and shows present continuous tense)
What is another example of Helping Verbs in a sentence?
They have finished their homework.
(have helps finished and shows present perfect tense)
What is an example of a future simple question using Helping Verbs?
Will you go to the concert?
(will helps go and forms a future simple question)
What is an example of a negative statement expressing lack of ability?
He cannot speak French.
(cannot helps speak and forms a negative statement expressing lack of ability)
What is an example of a negative statement in the past simple?
I did not see him at the party.
(did helps see and forms a negative statement in the past simple)
