Auxiliary Verbs

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Time for a basic grammar view:

The verbs be, have and do are auxiliary verbs when they are used with a main verb to form questions, negatives, tenses and passives. Modal verbs, like  could and would, are also auxiliary verbs. Here are some quick examples:

"I am driving my car."

"We were looking for you."

"Do you know the way?"

Link: What are auxiliary verbs

Link: Auxiliary verbs in questions

  • When ___ this bridge built?





  • I believed, as __ my friends, that we would win.





  • What ___ they want to eat?





  • We ___ finished yet.





  • Where ___ she live?





  • ___ you seen my dog?





  • Who have you ___ talking to all this time?





  • She ___ done her homework.





  • If Tom ___ asked me, I would have gone.









Comments

Nice Ex.

I commit tow mistake in starting tow, rest were correct. I am confused about be/been/have,has,had beeen. Have a solution ??

Ahmed Gruoda

I have pass the test, thanks allot for this lesson It was so great.

The second sentence - ?

Thank you for the lesson, the exercise is nice. Smile But I did not understand the 2 sentence. What does it mean? Worried Is it from sport???

The sentence 2?

Could you please explain for us why we put 'did' in front of my friend? Thanks.

RE: Did

Sentence two is an example of an inversion. In formal writing inversions come after as.
An inversion is when the auxiliary verb comes before the subject (not after).

This sentence does indeed refer to sport or some competitive action. It means that we all thought that we would win.

I made no mistake I'm

I made no mistake Smile I'm making a progress. Thank you, Chris.

very nice lesson

Applause i did a good job!!thank you Chris!!!

Could you explain the

Could you explain the answers? It's esier to understand if You show the answers.

thks

You can do it!!

Hi Teppi,

Take a look at the correct answers and focus on the tense of each one and also whether plural or singular verbs are used. I think that you'll be able to figure it out with a little patience.

Good luck.

Chris

thanks

I finished it without any mistakes. Thank you

10/10

10/10 Laughing

good and commendable effort

good and commendable effort

All correct! yap

All correct! yap Smile

oops i did it again

i got 8 correct this time... this quiz is building my thinking ability, i must say

Opp 2 missing

I confused 2 and 10 number Q.