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Helping verb: 

a verb that is used with another verb to express:

tense (past, present, future, etc.: She was singing. She is singing. She will sing.)

person (for example, I am laughing. You are laughing. S/he is laughing.)

number (singular or plural, such as, I am crying. They are crying.)

mood (such as conditional: She would be dancing… She could be dancing… )

voice (such as passive voice: The pie was eaten by my sister.)

Note: Many helping verbs are also linking verbs.

| Common Helping Verbs |

|Forms of Be | is |was |be |

| |am |were |being |

| |are | |been |

|Forms of Have | have |has |had |

|Forms of Do |do |does |did |

| | | | |

|Others |may |could |can |

| |might must |should |shall |

| | |would |will |

Mnemonic: Old Mr. Do

Once upon a time there was a wealthy merchant named Mr. Do. Mr. Do was very old and very rich. His many relatives were dreaming of the day the old man would die. They wondered which one of them would inherit his money. Finally, one day Mr. Do did die. All the relatives searched his house for a will. They didn't find one. They searched his house three times. They still did not find a will. The relatives did not get one dime of Mr. Do's fortune.

 The moral: Maybe Mr. Do should have a will. 

Just remember this sentence and you will know how to set up a chart of the 23 helping verbs!  The largest "family" is the "BE" family with eight members. The other five families have three members

MAY BE (MR.) DO SHOULD HAVE (A) WILL

May Be Do SHOULD Have WILL

MIGHT BEING DOES COULD HAD CAN

MUST BEEN DID WOULD HAS SHALL

AM

IS

ARE

WAS

WERE

The Helping Verb Song (sung to “Jingle Bells”)

Helping verbs!

Helping verbs!

There are 23…

Am, is, are!

Was, and were!

Being, been, and be!

Have, has, had!

Do, does, did!

Shall, should, will, and would!

There are five more helping verbs:

May, might, must, can, could!

Link to video of the song:

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Linking Verbs

A linking verb does not convey (show) an action, but identifies or describes the subject.

It is the predicate (main verb) of a clause.

For example: She is a teacher. He sounds funny.

You could replace the linking verb with an equals sign.

(She = a teacher. He = funny.)

To be verbs -is, am, was, are, etc.

plus others such as appears, seems, become, feels, looks, etc. are linking verbs.

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