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Helping Verbs
Jim
was running
away
The boys
will be replacing
the window
not
Hint: Be careful not to confuse hleping verbs with passive verbs and "to be" verbs. They all use forms of the verb "be"
Note: In this case, "will be replacing" is only one verb idea using three words. Note also the word "not" which interrupts the verb, but is not part of it.
Please click on the helping verbs in the following sentences.
The boys will not be replacing the window.
Jim was running away.
The helping verbs are highlighted in the following sentences.
Forms of the Verb "be" that combine with another verb to show tense.
Helping Verbs:
Sometimes the English language uses "to be" verbs with a main verb to help show the time of the action (e.g. 'was running', 'will be running', etc.). These are to be understood as one verbal idea, even though it is expressed in more than one word.
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. -Eph. 4:1
English Grammar Review