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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

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