Helping Verbs

By, Jake Maloof

What are the helping verbs?

• Well there are 23 different helping verbs and they are: am, are, was, were, being, been, have, has, had, shall, will, do, does, did, may, must, might, can, could, would, should.

What are helping verbs?

• Helping verbs are verbs that extend the meaning of the main verb by giving it detail. Or show if the activity was happening in the past or future.

Progressive Aspects

• When a verb ends in –ing this is when the progressive aspects occur. This aspect shows that an action is happening.

• (Am, is, are, was, and were) are used to create this aspect

• Here is an example. Fred is being silly.

Perfect Aspects• There are three types of perfect aspects and they

are; past, present, and future perfect.• Past perfect- is used to show action that is

completed in the past.• Present perfect- is used to show action completed

in the present.• Future perfect- is used to show action completed in

the future

Past perfect examples!

• She had stolen a car by then.

• I had been dreaming all night

• Can you make one? Help those verbs out!

Now some present perfect examples!

• Have you been working here long?

• Are you going to eat dinner?

• Now you try?

Future perfect examples!

• Jerry is not going to be at the party.

• What will we do now that Jack is gone.

• EXAMPLES!!!! JACK’S IM TALKING TO YOU

Model helping verbs!

• Helping verbs perform other tasks such as to modify the action or meaning of the verb. When they do this they are known as model helping verbs!

• Here are some examples to help!• Sal can’t name the first president.• You should go home and lie down.• Now you try!

A final rule!

• The verb phrase can have no more than three helping verbs!

Thanks for watching!!!

• Hope you learned something?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77WEV55NNbU&playnext=1&list=PL3460B07472145778&feature=results_main