Power Verbs: Principal and Helping Verbs for Class 7

This worksheet helps learners distinguish between principal verbs (main verbs) and auxiliary verbs (helping verbs). Students engage in targeted activities to recognize, correct, and use verb phrases effectively in different contexts and tenses.

Why Principal and Auxiliary Verbs Matter in Grammar?

These two verb types form the backbone of English sentence structure. For Class 7 learners, mastering them is essential because:
1. Auxiliary verbs support tense, mood, and voice, while principal verbs carry action or meaning.
2. Understanding verb phrases improves sentence accuracy and fluency.
3. It prepares students for advanced topics like perfect tenses, modals, and passive voice.
4. It sharpens editing, rewriting, and comprehension skills.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes six scaffolded grammar exercises that build understanding of verb phrases and helping verbs:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Identify the Verb Phrase
Students underline the verb phrase and note the auxiliary/helping verb used in each sentence.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Sort the Sentences
Learners categorize sentences by the auxiliary verb used, grouping them into present tense, past tense, main verb, or question categories.

📋 Exercise 3 & 4 – Fill in the Blanks + Correct the Sentence
Part A asks learners to insert the correct auxiliary/helping verb. Part B provides incorrect examples that students must fix.

📝 Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting with Verb Structures
Learners transform given sentences using specified helping verbs and verb forms such as present perfect, past perfect, or negative.

📚 Exercise 6 – Paragraph Writing with Verb Variety
A guided paragraph-writing task where students must use at least five different auxiliary verbs with proper subject-verb agreement and tense consistency.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Verb Phrase & Helping Verb
1. have completed – have
2. had gone – had
3. do want – do
4. were waiting – were
5. am learning – am
6. has seen – has
7. did call – did
8. are being – are
9. does not like – does
10. is writing – is

Exercise 2 – Sentence Sorting

Present Tense:
- He is learning how to swim.
- They are watching a movie.
- Have you done your homework?
- Does he like chocolate?
- I am going to the store.

Past Tense:
- We had completed the assignment.
- She was reading a book.
- We were late for school.

Main Verb:
- He is learning how to swim.
- They are watching a movie.
- I am going to the store.

Questions:
- Do they play the piano?
- Did she call the doctor?
- Have you done your homework?
- Does he like chocolate?

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks                 Exercise 4 – Sentence Correction
1. have                                                   1. He does not like apples.
2. Have                                                   2. She has gone to the library.
3. am                                                      3. Did she write the letter?
4. have                                                   4. We were playing outside.
5. Does                                                   5. They have finished their homework.
6. are                                                      6. Are you coming with us?
7. have                                                   7. The dogs are barking loudly.
8. was                                                     8. Have they returned the book?
9. have                                                    9. I am very tired today.
10. had                                                 10. Was she absent yesterday?

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
1. She had finished the book. – Past perfect
2. He is reading a novel. – Present continuous with auxiliary
3. They have completed the task. – Present perfect
4. He does not like coffee. – Negative
5. She was dancing gracefully. – Past continuous
6. Did he close the door? – Question
7. The children were playing. – Plural past continuous
8. He has been working here for years. – Present perfect continuous
9. I am baking a cake. – Present continuous
10. Have they eaten lunch? – Question with ‘have’

Exercise 6 – Sample Paragraph
I am getting ready for school while my sister is packing her bag. We have completed most of our homework already. Has Mom prepared breakfast? Dad had left for work early, so we didn’t get to see him. The dog is barking loudly at the mailman as usual. It’s going to be a busy day!

Includes:
- Helping verbs used: am, is, have, has, had, didn’t, is
- Tense coverage: present, past, perfect, continuous

Help your child gain mastery over verb forms and sentence structure with this detailed worksheet on principal and auxiliary verbs for Class 7 learners.
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