Auxiliary Verbs .What are auxiliary verbs? 1.

Auxiliary verbs (sometimes known as helping verbs) are verbs that are used to assist the verb.

2. Auxiliary verbs need to be used with a main verb. 3. Auxiliary verbs can not be used with modal verbs.
4. Auxiliary verbs are used to make sentences negative.

5. Auxiliary verbs are used to ask questions and short answers.

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

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

tense Did is used as part of the sentence structure for questions, with the past simple tense. 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. 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 (ING) in Continuous (Progressive) Tenses. It is also used with the Past Participle in the Passive. 3. 'HAVE' is used with the Past Participle to form the Perfect Aspect.