1. Main and Helping Verbs Pushing Up the Sky

2. Main and Helping Verb  The stars were shining through the holes poked into the sky… –Shining – a main verb –Were – a helping verb

3. Main and Helping Verbs  A verb phrase is a verb that has more t  han one word.  The main verb shows action.  A helping verb shows the time of the action.

4. Main and Helping Verbs  The people are telling stories. –What is the main verb? –What is the helping verb?

5. Main and Helping Verbs  The helping verbs am, is, and are show present time.  The helping verbs was and were show past time.  The helping verb will shows future time.  The helping verbs has, have, and had show action that happened in the past.

6. Main and Helping Verbs NNNNative Americans had told interesting legends. TTTThey were explaining the world around them. IIII have heard legends about the sun and the moon. IIIIn some stories, animals are talking like people. SSSSomeday I will entertain you with the stories.

7. IIII am writing a legend. IIII have set the story in a forest. TTTThe flowers are talking to the trees. TTTThe huge trees will care for the little flowers. YYYYou will hear my story soon.

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