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AUXILIARY VERBS

A U X I L I A R Y V E R B S A R E S O C A L L E D B E C A U S E T H E Y

H E L P T O F O R M T H E V A R I O U S T E N S E S , M O O D S ,
A N D V O I C E S O F O T H E R V E R B S . T H E P R I N C I P A L
O N E S A R E B E , D O , A N D H A V E .

B e i s u s e d w i t h o t h e r v e r b s t o

f o r m c o n t i n u o u s t e n s e s a n d t h e p a s s i v e v o i c e :

She is reading a magazine.

We were talking to them for ages.

England were beaten by Germany in the final.

Have is used to make perfect tenses:

The judge had asked her to speak up.

In two years, we will have established community

gardens.

Do is used:

for emphasis:

He did look tired.

to make questions:

Do you want a coffee?

to form negative statements or questions:

I don’t like meat.

Didn’t he know how to play football?