By: Jessenia Rivera Gonzalez

 The coach has met all the players.  The has an excellent team this year.  Mother does the cleaning every weekend.  Mother does clean on the weekends.

 Helping verbs combines with a main verb to help it express tense, mood, and voice  Helping verbs help main verbs express precise shades of meaning. EXAMPLES:  I have bought a new car.  I am going for a walk  The muffins are cooling by the window.

EXAMPLES  He has a car.  She has gone out. Some Verbs Can Serve Both as Main Verbs and Helping Verbs. Main verb Helping verb

Be Am Is Are Was Were Been Being Do Does Did Have Has Had Could Should Would May Might Can Shall will Form of be Form of do Form of have Others

Be Am Is Are Was Were Been Being Definition: To have a specific qualification or relationship. Use with Past participle with a passive voice. -The door was opened Use present participle to express a continuous action. -Katy is watching television Use a helping verb with to and infinitive verb to express futurity, prearrangement or obligation. -You are to be back on the base by midnight.

Do Use as helping verb: To make negatives: I didn’t know it was you. To ask questions: Do you like broccoli? To show emphasis: I do want you to eat your broccoli. To stand for a main verb: Sam like broccoli more than Carmen does. Definition: To bring to pass, to accomplish, to act, behave and to be active or busy. Do Does Did

Have Definition: To hold in possession, also hold in one’s use, service or regard. Use as helping verb with the past participle, past perfect or future perfect. - have finished washing the dishes. -He has never traveled by train. -He had won the election. Have Has Had

 They are busy doing their homework. Was  The students were talking when the teacher was writing on the black board.  I am going for a walk  Have you completed your homework?  I have bought a new car  Do not argue with your parents!  What did he do yesterday?  He does not talk to the strangers

 We did our homework for Mrs. Long.  I was at the arcade.  Selena has twelve orange goldfish in her aquarium.