Helping Verbs Practice
A Grade 3 English Language Arts worksheet focusing on identifying and using helping verbs in sentences.
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Helping Verbs Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to show what you know about helping verbs.
Helping verbs work with main verbs to show when an action happened. They 'help' the main verb. Common helping verbs are: is, am, are, was, were, has, have, had, do, does, did, can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must.
1. Which of these is a helping verb?
jump
run
is
sing
2. In the sentence "She is reading a book," what is the helping verb?
She
is
reading
book
Complete each sentence with a helping verb from the box below.
3. My brother playing outside.
4. We finish our homework soon.
5. The birds been singing all morning.
6. I draw a beautiful picture.
Underline the helping verb in each sentence.
7. The dog was barking loudly.
8. They are going to the park.
9. I have eaten breakfast.
10. He did not like the movie.
Write two sentences of your own using a different helping verb in each. Underline the helping verb in your sentences.
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