Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Twelve, Lesson Three: Helping Verbs

  1. bright
  2. sight
  3. fight
  4. light
  5. tight
  6. chew
  7. swallow
  8. diet
  9. hungry
  10. appetite
  1. desire
  2. nutrient
  3. vitamin
  4. prospect
  5. claim
  6. stomach
  7. intestine
  8. digestion
  9. abdomen
  10. invest
Helping Verbs

Helping verbs can also be used all by themselves (without another verb) in sentences. Here are some examples: 


	Joe is six feet tall.

	They are all over five years old.

	I am cold.
Most often, however, helping verbs are used with other verbs. 

	Jill can drink all she wants.

	Harry should write a letter to her.

	Carl might listen if you explain yourself.

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