Helping Verbs Practice Worksheet

Helping Verbs Practice

Read each section carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and using helping verbs.

Helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs) work with a main verb to express action or a state of being. They 'help' the main verb by adding more meaning, such as tense, mood, or voice. Common helping verbs include: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, can, could, shall, should, will, would.

Circle the helping verb in each sentence.

1. The birds are singing sweetly in the tree.

2. My brother has finished his homework already.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate helping verb from the word bank.

3. She   going to the park after school.

4. They   finished their lunch.

5. What   you do yesterday?

Write two sentences of your own using a helping verb in each. Underline the helping verb.

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Read each statement. Determine if it is true or false regarding helping verbs.

8. A helping verb always stands alone in a sentence.

9. 'Can' is an example of a helping verb.