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Helping Verbs

Helping verbs work with main verbs to show tense, mood or voice. Common helping verbs include is, are, was, have, will and do, as in 'She is running' or 'They have finished'.

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English has only a handful of helping verbs, but they are used in almost every sentence type.

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Helping verbs work with main verbs to show tense, mood or voice. For example, in She is running, is is the helping verb and running is the main verb.

Helping verbs make it possible to show when an action happens or whether it is complete. They are used in almost every type of sentence.

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