1. VERBS
ACTION WORDS/ DOING
WORDS
HELPING WORDS
BY: Wpampo

2. Verbs
Like the sun, verbs are the energy of the
sentence.
A sentence cannot exist without them.

3. Helping verbs

4. A verb is an important part of a sentence.
A verb is a word used to Express a certain
action done by Somebody or Something.
It also called a Doing Word.
Examples
1. He Goes to the Circus.
2. Lara eats Fruit everyday.

5. A verb is also used to tell us the state or
condition of somebody or something
Examples
1. I am very happy today.
2. We are late for the circus.

6. Tense of a Verb
• A verb also tell us about the time of an action.
• The Tense of a verb denotes the time of an
action.
• The present tense of a verb tells us about an
action that is taking place now, or an action that
happens regularly.
• The past tense of a verb tells us about an action
that took place at some in the past.
• The Future tense of a verb tells us about an
action that will take place at some time in the
future.

7. Examples
1. He goes to the circus every day.
present tense
2. He went to the circus last evening.
past tense
3. He will go to the circus next week.
future tense

8. Forms of the Verb “be”
TENSE PRESENT PAST
PERSON/
NUMBER
Singular Plural Singular Plural
First Person I am here. We are
here.
I was here. We were here.
Second
Person
You are
here.
You are
here.
You were here. You were here.
Third
Person
He is here.
She is here.
It is here.
They are
here.
He is here.
She is here.
It is here.
They were here.
The form of a verb changes to the PERSON, NUMBER, and TENSE.
The following table illustrates the forms of the verb- be in present tense
and the past tense, with subject pronouns

9. Forms of the Verb “have"
TENSE PRESENT PAST
PERSON/
NUMBER
Singular Plural Singular Plural
First Person I have the car. We have
the car.
I had the car. We had the car.
Second
Person
You have the car. You have
the car.
You had the car. You had the car.
Third Person He has the car.
She has the car.
It has the car.
They have
the car.
He had the car.
She had the car.
It had the car.
They had the car.
The form of a verb changes to the PERSON, NUMBER, and TENSE.
The following table illustrates the forms of the verb- HAVE in present
tense and the past tense, with subject pronouns

10. Helping Verb
• A helping verb is a verb that helps the main
verb tell about an action or make a
statement.
– It helps tell when the action is taking place
– You will only have a helping verb when there is an
action verb in the sentence that it is paired with in
a phrase.

11. Helping Verbs/Main Verb
Sentence
I am going to the circus.
You are coming with us.
Daddy is taking us to the
circus.
I was baking a cake.
We were planning a trip.
Helping Verbs Main Verb
am going
Are Coming
Is Taking
Was baking
were planning

12. Helping Verb/Main Verb
We have finished our
homework.
He has given us the tickets.
You had gone home.
Have Finished
Has Given
Had Gone

13. Helping verbs help other verbs denote
the time of the action
I am going to the circus.
The boy was feeling tired.
We have taken our bags at home.
Daddy had booked the tickets last week.
Present
Past
Present
past

14. Main verb/ helping verb
• Two verbs work together to complete the
meaning of sentence and denote the time of
the action
REMEMBER:
1. The helping verb always comes before the main verb.
2. The helping verb am is are was & were can simply used on
their own as main verb that denote the state or condition of
place or thing.
3. The helping verb has have & had can be used on their own as
main verb that denote action.

15. Activity
i. Circle the action verbs in the following
paragraph:
– Sports experts write about the football player
Jim Thorpe even today. Thorpe blocked like a
tank. He tackled like a tornado. In every game
Thorpe attacked his opponents with all his might.
He caught the ball skillfully and charged ahead
fearlessly. Experts still remember and honor
Thorpe’s greatness.

16. • II. Give 10 simple sentences encircle the verb
and underline the subject.