This document discusses helping verbs and provides examples. Helping verbs help express the action or state of being of the main verb. Commonly used helping verbs include forms of be, do, have, and modal verbs. When a main verb is paired with a helping verb, they form a verb phrase that conveys the tense, aspect, or mood of the action or state.

1. Main and
Helping Verb

2. Helping Verb: helps the main
verb express action or a state of
being.
Examples:
- can speak
- will learn
- should have been fed

3. Commonly Used Helping Verbs
am
are
be
been
being
can
could
did
do
does
had
has
have
is
may
might
must were
shall will
should would
was

4. Together, the main verb and its
helping verb or verbs are called a
verb phrase.
Examples:
- Many students can speak
Spanish.
- I will be learning about helping
verbs today.