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Helping Verbs

All words that help set the time or conditions of the action or state of being are helping verbs.

Words that are always helping verbs:

can, will, shall, may, must, might, could, would, should

Words that are sometimes Main Verbs and sometimes Helping Verbs: Forms of Be, Do, and Have

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

do, does, did, doing, done,

have, has, had, having

Examples

The verb is "laughed."

Here's why.

The amused child was laughing. (past tense)

The amused child laughs. (present)

See the difference in time?

The amused child laughed.

Both "amused" and "laughed" are action words, but both of these words cannot be the verb.

Can you identify the verb?

Verbs

In elementary school, teachers always taught us that a verb is an "action word," but that isn't the case once our brains have matured to understand the complex theory that is time.

A verb tells time!

The Tenses

There are four kinds of verb tenses that help with ordering the chaos of time: 1) Simple Tenses, 2) Perfect Tenses, 3) Progressive Tenses, and 4) Complete Progressive Tenses.

Examples:

1) I walk. I walked. I will walk.

2) I have been a good student for a while now. I had been a good student until I got addicted to Netflix. I will have been a good student for the whole semester come December.

3) I am kind. I was kind. I will be kind in class today.

4) The nurse has tried to treat the illness. She had been making progress until the illness became stronger. She will have been a nurse for a year come March.

Pronouns

He, She, It, They, Them, Their, Him, Her

Concrete Nouns: These nouns represent people, places, and things, and they are things that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled. These nouns can further be divided into common and proper nouns.

Abstract Nouns: These nouns represent the intangible, such as ideas, thoughts, and realizations. They are not bound by the five senses like concrete nouns. They can be further divided into common and proper nouns.

A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. It can be either singular or plural.

A Proper Noun is a name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea and must be capitalized.

common nouns: "science"

"college"

proper nouns: "The Big Bang Theory"

"Valencia College"

These words have the job to replace nouns in a sentence.

Shelby is such a great writer! Her work is so inspiring!

The pronoun "her" is used to replace "Shelby's". (see Prezi #5 for more information on the possessive case)

By SL. Kaley Keene

Grammar Boot Camp #1: Laying the Write Foundation: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verb Tense

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