Exploring Helping Verbs: To Be, To Do, To Have

This video tutorial covers the verbs 'to be', 'to do', and 'to have', explaining their roles as both lexical verbs, which add meaning to sentences, and as auxiliary verbs, which help form grammatical tenses. The tutorial provides examples of each verb in different contexts, including questions and negations, and demonstrates how they are used to form various tenses such as present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, and past perfect.

What are the three main helping verbs discussed in this lesson?

• To run, to jump, to swim

• To read, to write, to listen

• To be, to do, to have

• To eat, to drink, to sleep

Which form of the verb 'to be' is used for 'he' in singular?

• I am

• You are

• He is

• They are

How do you form a question using the verb 'to be'?

• Add 'to be' in the middle of the sentence

• Place 'to be' in front of the sentence

• Place 'to be' at the end of the sentence

• Do not use 'to be' in questions

What is the past simple form of 'to be' used in past continuous tense?

• Is and are

• Was and were

• Are and were

• Am and is

Which form of 'to do' is used for 'she' in singular?

• She did

• She do

• She does

• She done

How do you form a negation using the verb 'to do'?

• Add 'not' before 'do' or 'does'

• Do not use 'do' or 'does'

• Add 'not' after 'do' or 'does'

• Add 'not' at the end of the sentence

What does the verb 'to do' usually mean in a lexical sense?

• To form a tense

• To own something

• To carry out an action

• To express a state

Which form of 'to have' is used for 'it' in singular?

• It had

• It has

• It have

• It having

How do you form a question using the verb 'to have'?

• Use 'is' or 'are' with 'have'

• Use 'do' or 'does' with 'have'

• Use 'was' or 'were' with 'have'

• Do not use 'have' in questions

What is the role of auxiliary verbs?

• To describe a state

• To own something

• To form a specific grammatical tense

• To express meaning