Hello friends,
Inside Super Grammar you are introduced to the Verb Team, and you learn that this energetic team consists of two members: The Verb and the Primary Helping Verb.
The Verb is the team leader, and she uses her amazing energy to empower sentences with her power of expression. This power allows our sentences to express either a state of action or a
state of being. (See pages 60-71 in Super Grammar.)
The
Primary Helping Verb is the Verb's sidekick. She faithfully assists the
Verb in performing complex tasks within a sentence, such as changing
tenses, making
positive or
negative statements, and asking questions.
(See pages 72-75 in Super Grammar.)
After
reading about these two sentence-superheroes, you'll quickly come to
understand that the members of the Verb Team are key players in our
sentences, and that they are constantly working to give our sentences
all the power they need to fully and properly express themselves in many
different and complex ways.
Now, if that sounds like it's a very big job for just two Verb Team members to handle, well, you're right—it is.
But fear not, citizens, for the Verb Team does have more help!
Her name is
the Modal Helping Verb, and we'll be introducing you to her in our very next Super Grammar post.
Cheers!
The Super Grammar Team
