Verbs & Helping Verbs  ................... & complete verbs
A verb shows    ... action or being.  
     Action verbs =  swim, talk, realize, run, kayak, grow, growl, laugh, wander, daydream, yell, kiss, hug, slug, march, shrink, eat, create, and hundreds more! 

A being verb must be one of the following 8: 
Is, am, were, was, are, be, being, been.

How many can you name?  Can you name all 8 with your eyes closed?
   
Sometimes, action verbs need helpers.   a helper can be a "being" verb
   
Visit this action verb site. Take the helping verb test here.
 

 action verb together with a being verb  =  a COMPLETE  verb !

  Take the complete verb test here.

Prepared by your librarians.
Glens Falls City Schools.
Sept. 2006