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Main) Were oo, Helpi, , , , Notice the differences between the Pairs of sentences., , 1. a. | dance. b. | am dancing., , 2. a. Children jump. b. Children are jumping., 3. a. Bees buzz. b. Bees were buzzing., 4. a. | read. b. | was reading., , Did you see that in each pair the first sentence has only one verb? It is called the, main verb., , Now, note that the second sentence in each pair has two verbs. The extra verbs in the, second sentences, such as am, are, were, was, help us by giving more information about, the main verb. They are called helping verb., , , , 1. As you already know, a sentence must have a verb., , 2. Main verbs have the main responsibility of creating meaning for sentences., , 3. Helping verbs have different types of responsibility in sentences. They help the, main verbs., , , , Examples: | goto school every day. (go is the main verb), , |(am) going to school. (am is the helping verb, going is the main verb)
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gee, + *, », ‘, ‘, > /, ets: 0), bi 4 4 k, compere me 7 at, , 1. Read the following sentences., , lacie We play football everyday. 1 | We ae paying football now. _, | work on my science 1am working on my science, , te, , ee ae Marcus is helping his mother, in the kitchen. in the kitchen., | plant two trees every, , — year. es, , 2. Read all the i. sentences given in the table once again. Underline the verbs there., These are the main verbs. Write the verbs in the blanks below., , 2° ee play. erga eee Ce danlfa ees, b:i/.icechvan seal RUES seat ener ot dock At ie pleut ania ter 3, , Read the ii. sentences now. Here you will find both main verbs and helping verbs., Underline the helping verbs and write them in the blanks below., , , , , , , , , the present time., , . Read some more sentences which have helping verbs. They are a little different this, time. Notice the difference., , a. | was playing cricket last Sunday., , c. | was very happy that day., b. My friends were playing with me. ;, , d. They were going for a picnic., The helping verbs in these sentences are ..... LAN. 6., , , , ae and Cee, lasce Il :, Let's; Learn, The helping verbs above describe the ast ti et, oka a Sakae Past time. The action in the sentences took placé, , Be
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A main verb tells us about an action., , A helping verb lets us know the time of, , t action: the pr, tha present or the past. When we use is/am/are/was/were, , A sentence may be meaningless without before a main verb, we add -ing to, the helping verb. the main verb. For example: |am, , Example: | painting a picture. cleaning (clean + -ing) the room., , lam painting a picture. Vv, , , , , , ‘, Let's: Practise, , 1. Read the sentences below. Write after each sentence if the action is in the present, or in the past., , a. i. Weare building sandcastles today. present, , li. We were building sandcastles yesterday. ......... add. Dees, , b. i. Ritu is working on her art project. ........... far hoard, ii. Ritu was working on her art project. ....... froudd, sade:, , c. i. lam baking a cake. ........f VI4b4Wu..., , it. | was baking.a cake... prot. Se, d. i. Vinod is helping his aunt in the kitchen .......... prrudeaat.,, , ii. Vinod was helping his aunt in the kitchen ......... podt. Brissy, , , , . Read the story below. Circle the helping verbs and underline the main verbs. Write, present or past in the blanks given. One has been done for you., , Once alittle girl(was)feeling hungry. She decidedtoeatsome __........... pase, , fruit. She found some grapes. As she Was) opening her Add we, mouth, she heard a scream. The little girl said, ‘Mom,aré)you post... wees, , Screaming?’ ‘No, said her mother. 1@m)not screaming.’ fkudout, , ‘Dad, Were) you screaming?’ OAL..., , ‘No, | @vas)not screaming!’ nf Ont Ka, ‘Nooo0000, said the grape. ‘It @Was)me, who (was)screaming. 1 OAT..., , cs, , ‘Mom, the fruit(s)talking!’ piodeact.,, , ———ee, , ee ee eee ee ee
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' ch sentence, ing verb to €a, 3. The sentences given below are incomplete. Add a helping, , and rewrite them., , a. We playing football last Sunday., , b. | working on my science fair project an hour ago., , J ok uahllerr AI fad. plc a, , sy Cy, c. Raghavan working with his inattn the garage now., , Rage vu HF) AAS IAD. iii : unkein : Wd or etevals fa tw. a AWA Caney ths apy ay, d. | planting a tree here., , sr ee ata LO eda ee, , e. The monkeys jumping from tree to tree., , , , , , Helping verbs can also act as linking verbs. In some sentences, they link the main noun, or pronoun of the sentence with their description., , Examples: Noun/Pronoun Linking Verb, , 1. This ball is, , Description, , red., De | was, , , , 3, These dresses are
