Helping verb

                     

* Revision of Simple and Compound verbs:

a) A simple verb is a one verb word. Eg- ran

b) A compound verb has more than one word. 

Eg - to run

A compound verb has the main verb, in this case it is ‘run’. The helping verb here is ‘to’.

* A verb that helps another verb is called a ‘helping verb’. The helping verb is found in the first part of a compound verb. We underline the whole verb in a sentence, that is the helping verb and the main verb.

* The helping verb example for ‘go’ –

will go, is going, was going, will be going, has gone, had gone, has been going, had been going, etc.