Georgia 4.L.GC.1.33
The Standard
Grammar: Use helping and linking verbs. (Master)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use helping verbs with main verbs to show time, possibility, or completion. They use linking verbs to connect a subject with a name or description.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students write complete sentences such as “Maya has finished” and “The soup smells good.” They identify which verb supports an action and which connects the subject to a description.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may label every form of be as a linking verb, even when it helps another verb, as in “is running.” They may also omit helping verbs or replace linking verbs with action verbs.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one sentence with a helping verb and one with a linking verb. Underline each verb and label its job.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs verb cards and sentence strips, then have them add a helping or linking verb to complete each sentence.
Ask students to explain how “Sam is tired” differs from “Sam is running,” focusing on the job of is.
Play Verb Sort Relay, with teams sorting sentence cards into helping verb, linking verb, and action verb groups.
Use a weather report and have students write sentences such as “Rain is falling” and “The sky looks dark.”
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