Help! Action Verbs and Their Helpers
About the Help! Action Verbs and Their Helpers Lesson

Summary
Lesson in learning to use helping verbs ? especially forms of the verb to be.
Practice in understanding the three possible uses of a to be verb in a sentence.
Objectives
• Review on forms of the verb to be.
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Show students the three possible uses of a to be verb.
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Have students read sentences and tell how each underlined verb is used ? as a main verb, helping verb or both.
Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Excerpt
Verbs are the action words in a sentence. Every sentence you write must have a verb. Some sentences have more than one verb. They have a main verb and a helping verb.
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