Grammar: Verb Types

1. Grammar
Verbs, Helping
Verbs, & Adverbs

2. Main Verb
Every complete sentence MUST have a
subject and a main verb.
Subject Main Verb
The topic of the sentence.
Who or what the sentence
is about.
The subject is a
noun or pronoun.
The verb in the sentence
that shows what the
subject does, or shows
what state the subject
is in.
Example: “Emily is sad.”

3. Subject/Predicate
Sam loves poetry.
Subject Main Verb

4. Practice 1
Directions:
Underline the subject and BOLD the main verb
in each sentence:
On your note sheet, complete PRACTICE 1.
1. I jumped as high as possible.
2. The sun was brightly shining.
3. Students at KIS love computers.
4. Ms. Georgi moved to South Korea.

5. Helping Verb:
Main
Verb
The most important verb in the sentence.
The verb that shows the action that the
subject is completing.
Example: Lilly loves her baby.
Helping
Verb
A word that goes next to a verb that
helps show what tense (past, present,
or future) the verb is in.
Example: Lilly is going to the store.
Main VerbHelping Verb

6. Helping Verb:
Examples of sentences with helping verbs:
“Emily will go to the movies.”
“I am going to the movies.”
“Emily has watched that movie.”
“Emily had gone to this theatre before.”
Tense: a category that locates a situation in
time
Past: “I swam”
Present: “I swim”
Future: “I will swim”
Helping verbs put the main
verb into different tenses.
Helping Verb
Main Verb

7. Helping Verb:
“Emily will eat a muffin.”
“Emily is eating a muffin.”
Helping Verb Main Verb
Here, “will” and “is” are helping put each
sentence in a different tense.
The main action falls on the verb "eat" in both
of them.
How do you know the main action is “eat?” Take
out the word “eat” and ask yourself: Does Emily
will a muffin? Is Emily a muffin?

8. Helping Verb:
Note:
I am happy.
I am going to the store.
The same word can be a helping verb
and a main verb. If it is the ONLY
verb in the phrase, it is the main verb.
Helping Verb Main Verb

9. Practice 2
Directions:
BOLD the helping verb and underline the main
verb in each sentence:
On your note sheet, complete PRACTICE 2.
1. I have seen the ocean.
2. I will run to the store after school.
3. Max was trying to catch the bus.
4. He had broken my heart.
5. They will be surfing tomorrow after school.

10. Adverb:
Main
Verb
The most important verb in the sentence.
The verb that shows the action that the
subject is completing.
Example: Lilly loves her baby.
Adverb
A word that modifies a verb. An adverb
answers how, when, where, how often, or
how much an action is completed.
Example: Lilly really loves her baby.
Main VerbAdverb

11. Adverb:
Adverbs answer these questions:
1.Where did the action happen?
2. When did it happen?
3. How did it happen? (or, in what
way did it happen?)
4. To what extent did it happen? (or,
how often did it happen?)

12. Adverb:
Where?
When?
How?
To What
Extent?
She ate the muffin here.
She ate the muffin today.
She quickly ate the muffin.
She completely ate the muffin.
Adverb

13. Adverb:
TIP:
Adverbs often end in “ly”:
Examples:
Quickly
Sadly
Correctly
Partially
Automatically

14. Practice 3
Directions:
Bold the adverb and underline the main verb.
On your note sheet, complete PRACTICE 3.
1. I visit my friend frequently.
2. I soon saw my friend.
3. My friend was standing there.
4. I hardly recognized my friend.
5. He tragically forgot to shave.

15. Worksheet
Complete the worksheet that goes
with this lesson.
Good Luck!