Page 2 - Lesson Note 2

HELPING VERBS ( AM, IS, ARE, WAS AND WERE,)
Learning Objective: Children will learn the use of helping verbs like (am,
is,are, was and were) in sentences.

Note that is, am, are, was and were are the finite forms of the verb BE.

Use is when the subject is singular and third person, and the activity is in

the present tense as in: He/She is writing.

Use am when the subject is I and the activity is in the present tense as
in: I am writing.

Use are when the subject is plural and first/second/third person and the activity is
in the present tense as in: We/You/They are writing.

Use was when the subject is singular, first person/third and the activity is

in the past tense as in: I/He/She was writing.

Use were when the subject is plural, first/second/third person, and the activity is

in the past tense as in: We/You/They were writing.

Learning Outcome:Children were able to use the helping verbs correctly in their
sentences.