23 Helping Verbs List
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By learning the following helping verbs, you will quickly identify helping or auxiliary verbs in English sentences. A List of Helping Verbs or Auxiliary Verbs • am, is, are • was, were • be, being, been • do, did, does • have, has, had • may, might, must • can, could • shall, should • will, would Helping Verbs Explained Every sentence must have a verb and a subject in order to express a complete thought. Sometimes, the verb of a sentence is one word. Other times the verb of a sentence is made up of a main verb and one or more helping or auxiliary verbs. In these combinations, the last word of the group is usually called the notional verb because it gives the main idea or notion and the helping words added to it are called auxiliary or helping verbs.
These verbs which have very important auxiliary uses are have, be and do. The Auxiliary Verb “HAVE” “Have” is added to the past participle of the notional verb to form the perfect tenses. • I have found the solution to our problem.
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• The church service will have finished by the time we arrived from the airport. The Auxiliary Verb “BE” “Be” has two common auxiliary uses.
Helping Verbs Song
23 Helping Verbs List
First, be is added to the present participle of the notional verb to make the progressive form. • David is playing the piano. • The cricket team has been worrying about the weather. Second, be combines with the past participle of the notional verb in order to form the passive voice. • I was told about the accident. • The lock has been damaged by the thieves.