Helping Verbs worksheet for students to practice identifying helping verbs in sentences and matching them with corresponding images.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one.

We need to:
- Circle the main verb (the action that really happens).
- Underline the helping verb (the word that helps the main verb show time or possibility).

Helping verbs are words like: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, can, could.

Now let’s look at each sentence:

1. Nick will eat spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight.
→ Helping verb: *will* (underline)
→ Main verb: *eat* (circle)

2. Mallory is walking to the park.
→ Helping verb: *is* (underline)
→ Main verb: *walking* (circle)

3. The dogs are sleeping on the bed.
→ Helping verb: *are* (underline)
→ Main verb: *sleeping* (circle)

4. Elizabeth and Cheyenne had gone to the library.
→ Helping verb: *had* (underline)
→ Main verb: *gone* (circle)

5. Those quick squirrels have run up the maple tree.
→ Helping verb: *have* (underline)
→ Main verb: *run* (circle)

6. The girls were making colorful chalk drawings on the sidewalk.
→ Helping verb: *were* (underline)
→ Main verb: *making* (circle)

7. I am going away for the weekend.
→ Helping verb: *am* (underline)
→ Main verb: *going* (circle)

8. Nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.
→ Helping verb: *has* (underline)
→ Main verb: *built* (circle)

9. Miranda can swim in the pool after dinner.
→ Helping verb: *can* (underline)
→ Main verb: *swim* (circle)

10. The car is making an awful noise.
→ Helping verb: *is* (underline)
→ Main verb: *making* (circle)

Now, for the pictures part — we’re told to write the number of the sentence that matches each picture.

Looking at the three pictures:

First picture (left): Two kids sitting at a table with food → This matches sentence #1: “Nick will eat spaghetti and meatballs...”

Second picture (middle): A kid holding paintbrushes and palette → This matches sentence #6: “The girls were making colorful chalk drawings...” (even though it says “chalk,” the idea of making art fits best here)

Third picture (right): Someone building something in sand → This matches sentence #8: “Nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.”

So the numbers under the pictures should be:

Left: 1
Middle: 6
Right: 8

Final Answer:
For the sentences:
1. underline "will", circle "eat"
2. underline "is", circle "walking"
3. underline "are", circle "sleeping"
4. underline "had", circle "gone"
5. underline "have", circle "run"
6. underline "were", circle "making"
7. underline "am", circle "going"
8. underline "has", circle "built"
9. underline "can", circle "swim"
10. underline "is", circle "making"

For the pictures (left to right): 1, 6, 8