Helping Verb Test


Choose the words that are NOT helping verbs.
Click on the box to check your answer.

1)  can, may, say, must     

2)  is, am, are, where       

3)  were, at, being, be       

4)  been, what, am, should   

5)  do, did, shall, done     

6) when, should, is, might  

7)  has, had, on, may       

8)  will, can, shall, than    

9)  must, am, have, it       

10)  could, of, has, are       

Find the complete verb (both the main and the helping verb) .
Remember that the main verb and helping verb are not always together, and there may be more than one helping verb.

1)  We have eaten all of the cookies.       

2)  The show must end now.      

3) She might stop the video soon.      

4) Wouldn't you eat all of that?       

5)  Sally is trying to take my paper!       

6)  Bob should have passed this test easily.       

7)  I may not redo the homework.       

8)  You will eat this entire thing!      

9)  This book might be too late.       

10)  The bottle could have floated across the lake.      

So, how did you do? If you missed more than four problems, maybe you should go back and read about Helping and main verbs. When you are ready, read on and learn about Action Verbs or State-of-being Verbs.

Test questions written by Patrick

Presented by Mrs. Sunda's 4th Grade Gifted Resource Class