HELPING VERBS
Hi, I’m Harry Helping Verb, and I’m so helpful that
I will help you learn the 23 Helping Verbs by telling
you a story. The title of the story is Old Mr. Do.
Like some stories, this story has a moral.
The moral is: “Maybe Mr. Do should have a will.”
Read on and you will see why!!!
Once upon a time there was a wealthy merchant named Mr. Do.
Mr. Do was very old and very rich. His many relatives were dreaming
of the day the old man would die. They wondered which one of them
would inherit his money. Finally, one day Mr. Do did die. All the
relatives searched his house for a will. They didn’t find one. They
searched his house three times. They still did not find a will. The
relatives did not get one dime of Mr. Do’s fortune.
** The moral: May be Mr. Do should have a will.
Just remember the above sentence and you will know how to set
up a chart of the 23 helping verbs! The largest “family” is the
“BE” family with 8 members. The other 5 families have 3
members each.
may
might
must
be
being
been
am
is
are
was
were
do
does
did
should
could
would
have
has
had
will
can
shall