Verb Sort

Students sort a list of helping verbs into four categories: Be Verbs, Have Verbs, Do Verbs, and Modals. This activity teaches classification and reinforces recognition of auxiliary verb families. Students practice distinguishing between verb types and organizing them according to grammatical function. This strengthens their understanding of how different helping verbs contribute to tense, aspect, and mood. The sorting task supports vocabulary mastery and visual pattern recognition. By categorizing auxiliaries, learners build a strong foundation for more complex grammar instruction.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Grammar Categorization

English Language Arts – Understanding Auxiliary Verb Types

English Language Arts – Language Structure and Function

English Language Arts – Analytical Thinking in Grammar

This worksheet is part of our helping (auxiliary) verbs worksheets collection.