Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Sentences and Sentence Fragments - Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
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Name<br />
Main Verbs <strong>and</strong> Helping Verbs<br />
Date<br />
Extend 40<br />
Circle the main verb in each sentence. Then complete the sentence by filling in the<br />
correct helping verb from the box.<br />
Forms of the verb to be: am, are, is, was, were<br />
Forms of the verb to have: have, has, had<br />
Plus: will, shall, can, could<br />
1. We learn important lessons from ecological nightmares.<br />
2. For example, many years ago rabbits introduced into Australia.<br />
3. If people known then what we know now, they might have<br />
thought twice.<br />
4. With no natural enemies, the rabbits overrun the l<strong>and</strong>.<br />
5. In the United States, people introducing members of<br />
almost-extinct species into their natural habitats.<br />
6. This worried local residents.<br />
7. For example, ranchers reported newly arrived wolves preying<br />
on their sheep.<br />
8. Some ecologists think the return of wolves justify the small sacrifice.<br />
9. “They kidding, aren’t they?” asked one rancher.<br />
10. “Every time a wolf kills a sheep, I losing part of my income.”<br />
11. “How much we worry about an individual rancher?” replied one<br />
ecologist.<br />
12. “That kind of attitude making me quite angry,” said the rancher.<br />
13. Not all animal introductions troubled local residents.<br />
14. For example, the Florida panther happily returned to the Everglades.<br />
15. In other cases, we just wait <strong>and</strong> see what happens.<br />
<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> School Division<br />
40<br />
At Home: Listen to a few conversations at home. List as many verbs as you<br />
can from the conversation. How often do the speakers use helping verbs?<br />
Critical Thinking<br />
<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> Language Arts<br />
Grade 5, Unit 3, Verbs,<br />
pages 182–183