Helping or Auxiliary Verbs by Kru' AA

Helping or Auxiliary Verbs

The verb in a sentence attributed. To help create a sentence Telling question and Negative some sentences


             Verb to do         =    do, does, did

                Verb to be         =     is, am, are, was, were

                Verb to have     =     have, has, had

And  can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, need, dare, used to, ought to,  etc.

The 3 most common auxiliary verbs are:

Do - Does - Did

Do is used with the present simple tense. Do-Does are used as part of the sentence structure for negative statements/sentences with the present simple tense .

Do- Does are used as part of the sentence structure for questions, with the present simple tense.

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Did is used with the past simple tense.

Did is used as part of the sentence structure for negative statements/sentences with the past simple tense.

Did is used as part of the sentence structure for questions, with the past simple tense.

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Be - Am - Is - Are -Was - Were

Have - Has -Had

                      DO', 'BE' and 'HAVE' are the English auxiliary verbs used in a negative structure, a question or to show tense. DESCRIPTIONS OF ENGLISH AUXILIARY VERBS:


                     1. 'DO', 'DON'T', 'DOES' and 'DOESN'T' are used for questions and negatives in the Present Simple Tense, and 'DID' and 'DIDN'T' are used in the Past Simple Tense.


                    2. 'BE' is used with the Present Participle in Continuous (Progressive) Verbs. It is also used with the Past Participle in the Passive.


                    3. 'HAVE' is used with the Past Participle to form the Perfect Aspect.

 

Auxiliary Verbs - Chart

Forms of to do	Forms of to have	Forms of to be	Modals
(used with base form of the next verb in the string)	(used with past participle form of the next verb in the string)	(used with present or past participle of the next verb in the string)	(used with base form of the next verb in the string)
do, does, did	have, has, had	am, is, are, was, were	can, will, shall, could, would, should
		be, being, been	may, might, must

Note the words in the shaded area of the chart may sometimes act as single-word verbs.

 

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