Main & Helping Verbs
Main Verbs- Express action or being in a sentence.
Helping Verbs- Work with the main verb but do not show action.
Verb Phrase- A verb that is made up of more than one word.

Main & Helping Verbs
Main Verbs- Express action or being in a sentence.
Helping Verbs- Work with the main verb but do not show action.
Verb Phrase- A verb that is made up of more than one word.
Example: The large door has been locked for several days.
Common Helping Verbs
Note: Sometimes the helping verb in on sentence is the main verb in another.
I did my school work.
I did wait for you today.
Bob has it.
Bob has taken that class before.
Direct Objects are words that tell who or what receives the action.
- found after the main action verb.
Ex: The museum guide described the pyramids.
- In some sentences the direct object is compound.
Ex: Jason enjoyed the soup and bread at dinner.
Note: To find the direct object, find the main verb and ask who or what receives the action. The direct object will be directly after the verb - either it's a noun/pronoun or an article (the, a, an). Prepositional phrases are NOT direct objects. They usually answer the question where.
Preposition - the word that shows the relationship between a noun and a pronoun and some other words in a sentence.
Common Prepositions above as beyond into about at by n