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What are auxiliary verbs?

Grammar Toolkit. Auxiliary verbs. What are auxiliary verbs?. Grammar Toolkit. Auxiliary verbs. A non-finite verb can become a finite verb with the help of an auxiliary or “helping” verb. Auxiliary verbs give the resulting verb its tense. Let’s start with the present participle looking .

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What are auxiliary verbs?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs What are auxiliary verbs?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs A non-finite verb can become a finite verb with the help of an auxiliary or “helping” verb. Auxiliary verbs give the resulting verb its tense. Let’s start with the present participle looking. The auxiliary verb ismakes the verb complete and gives it a tense (present tense.) looking Mickey is The complete verb can now have a subject. By itself, it doesn’t have a tense and can’t have a subject. The complete finite verb becomes is looking.

  3. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs Auxiliary verbs are forms of the verbs have, do and be. Choose an auxiliary verb foreach non-finite verb. What tense does the complete verb get? have has do does did be am is are was were being been I ______ cleaning. She _______sure. We to go. Yuki and Sanjcoming. I know. present am past was have present present are past did

  4. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verb. They help a non-finite verb express possibility, obligation or permission. Choose an auxiliary verb for each non-finite verb. What tense does the complete verb get? can could may might mustshall should will would we dance? You eat. Mia run fast. Jack go. They know. future Shall present must present can future will present might

  5. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs A main verb plus one or more auxiliary verbs makes a verb phrase. may have been played Verb phrases can become quite long. What verb phrases can you make with these auxiliary verbs? been is will was have had Carlos playing. Carlos playing. Carlosplaying. Carlos playing. is was hadbeen willhavebeen

  6. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs Many subjects and their auxiliary verbs arewritten as contractions. Contractions are words or phrases with an apostrophe to show missing letters. I’m home. = I amhome. Cristina’shere. = Cristina ishere. Many negative verb phrases are also written as contractions. She hasn’tsold it. = She has notsold it. He didn’tarrive. = He did notarrive.

  7. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs Do you know what these contractions mean? I’ve you’re I’d it is they are cannot do not should not won’t hadn’t

  8. Grammar Toolkit Auxiliaryverbs • Verbs have different forms. • A finite verb is a verb with a subject and tense. A non-finite verb doesn’t have a subject or tense and cannot be the main verb in a sentence. • Non-finite verbs can become finite verbs with the help of auxiliary verbs (forms of the verbs have, doand be), including modal verbs. • Adding one or more auxiliary verbs to a main verb forms a verb phrase. • Many subjects and their auxiliary verbs are written as contractions (e.g. she’d = she had), as are negative verb phrases (e.g. don’t = do not).

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