Question

underline the main verb in each sentence. circle the helping verb.

1. nick will eat spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight
2. mallory is walking to the park.
3. the dog is sleeping on the bed.
4. elizabeth and cheyenne had gone to the library.
5. those quick squirrels have run up the maple tree.
6. the girls were making colorful chalk drawings on the sidewalk.
7. i am going away for the weekend.
8. nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.
9. miranda can swim in the pool after dinner.
10. the car is making an awful noise.

now write the number of the sentence above that is shown by each picture

Explanation:

Helping verbs assist the main verb in expressing tense, mood, or voice. In "Nick will eat spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight", "will" is the helping verb and "eat" is the main verb. Similarly, for other sentences, helping verbs like "is", "are", "had", "have", "were", "am", "has", "can" are identified with their corresponding main verbs. For the pictures, the first picture shows girls making chalk - drawings which corresponds to sentence 6. The second picture shows a person eating which corresponds to sentence 1.

Answer:

1. Main verb: eat; Helping verb: will
2. Main verb: walking; Helping verb: is
3. Main verb: sleeping; Helping verb: are
4. Main verb: gone; Helping verb: had
5. Main verb: run; Helping verb: have
6. Main verb: making; Helping verb: were
7. Main verb: going; Helping verb: am
8. Main verb: built; Helping verb: has
9. Main verb: swim; Helping verb: can
10. Main verb: making; Helping verb: is

Picture 1: 6
Picture 2: 1