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Heather Marie Kosur is a linguist and grammarian who focuses her studies on the English verb system. Her favorite form of helping verb in the English language is the modal verb.

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Guide to the Helping Verb: Articles, Lesson Plans, Activities, and More

English Helping Verb: Heather Marie Kosur Are you a language student searching for information about helping verbs? A helping verb is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase by extending the meaning of the main verb. Other terms for helping verbs include auxiliary verbs, auxiliaries, verbal auxiliaries, and helpers. In Germanic languages such as English, modal verbs are also helping verbs. Helping verbs often help express the grammatical tense, aspect, voice, or mood of a verb. This guide provides answers to even the most complex questions about the helping verb through articles, lesson plans, activities, and more. Learn to use helping verbs in a variety of languages including English, Spanish, Latin, and German.

Honing in on the Finer Points of the Spanish Verb "Dejar"

This article takes you beyond the common but important observations about the differences between "salir" and "dejar" as stand-alone verbs. It concludes the story about...

Writing German in the Future Perfect Tense (Futur II Perfekt )

Here's how German is conjugated in the future perfect (Futur II - Perfekt) tense....

Honing in on the Finer Points of the Spanish Verb "Dejar"

This article takes you beyond the common but important observations about the differences between "salir" and "dejar" as stand-alone verbs. It concludes the story about the verb "dejar"...

Writing German in the Future Perfect Tense (Futur II Perfekt )

Here's how German is conjugated in the future perfect (Futur II - Perfekt) tense....

Learn to Form the Past Perfect Tense in German

Learn how to conjugate verbs in the past perfect (plusquamperfekt) tense in German....

Hints For Essay Writing

Writing better essays usually means getting better grades, and who doesn’t want a better GPA? Continue reading for seven hints for essay writing that will help make you a better writer....

WebQuests on Verbs: Where the Action Is

Verbs are where the action is. This verb WebQuest is designed to help students learn a fundamental understanding of how verbs should be used in English grammar....

Learn to Form the Past Perfect Tense in German

Learn how to conjugate verbs in the past perfect (plusquamperfekt) tense in German....

Hints For Essay Writing

Writing better essays usually means getting better grades, and who doesn’t want a better GPA? Continue reading for seven hints for essay writing that will help make you a...