Auxiliaries

Auxiliary verbs

... and why do we need them.

Poll

Why are auxiliaries so important?

• ... to sound interesting

• ...to avoid repeating

• ... to have fun with English

• ... to form grammar structures correctly

• ... they are important just for teachers

REASONS WHY WE USE THEM

• To avoid repeating the main verbs.

  • I love pizza , but my husband doesn't

  • Instead of saying but my husband doesn't LIKE

• Use so and neither to say that someone or something is the same.

  • Structure: so+Aux+subject with a positive verb/ neither(or nor)+auxiliary+subject with a negative verb

  • I loved his latest film. So did I

  • I haven't finished the book yet. Neither have I

• To respond to a statement and say that you or someone are different.

  • I don't like shopping online -I do. I buy all my clothes online

• To show emphasis in a positive sentence, often when you want to contradict what someone has said.

  • You didn't lock the door.

  • I did lock the door. I know I did

• To make question tags

  • You won't forget, will you?

  • She can speak Italian, can't she?

REASONS WHY WE USE THEM

Word Cloud

What are these auxiliaries then?

Kinds of auxiliaries and modals

• Auxiliary of the verb to be

• Auxiliary of past/present simple

• Auxiliary of perfects

• Modal verbs followed by infinitives

​BE, HAVE, DO

​BE

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​am, is, are

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​was, were


will be

HAVE

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​have, has (he, she, it)

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​had


will have been

​DO

​

​do, does
(he, she, it)

​

​​did

​

​

​Present:

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​Past:



Future:

​WILL

​

​ -

​

​

​ -


will

​BE

+ ING:

​

​I AM working.

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​She WAS swimming. ​

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​They ARE going to cry.

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​NEVER: She WAS work

​HAVE DO

Used with past participle:

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​We HAVE travelled to Spain.

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​She HAS played the piano.

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​They HAD seen the film.

​In simple tenses:

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​Do you sleep well?

​

​Does Martha go to school?

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​We did not pay him.

​

​Did she call you?

Multiple Choice

I am tired. I _______ not want to go out.

• have

• do

• are

• does

Multiple Choice

I'm not very tired. I __________ going out this evening. 

• are

• be

• am

• don't

Multiple Choice

My parents are usually at home. They ________ not go out very often.

• do

• are

• have

• does

Multiple Choice

___________ you finished your homework yet?

• Are

• Has

• Have

• Will

Multiple Choice

Where __________ you born?

• was

• were

• has

• did

Multiple Choice

I haven't been to Scotland.

• Neither I have.

• Neither did I.

• Neither have I.

• So have I.

Multiple Choice

I don't feel like cooking tonight.

• Neither do I

• Neither I do

Multiple Choice

I went out tonight

• Neither I did

• Neither did I

• So did I

• Do I so

Multiple Choice

I've seen this film before.

• So have I.

• Have I so.

Poll

I find this grammar....

• ...as easy as a pie.

• ... OK.

• ... a bit tricky.

• It went straight over my head.