Question

(ii) The pain of a wound to our self-respect may poison a whole day. (pick out the auxiliary verb and state its function

in the sentence)​

Answer 1

The auxiliary verb in the above sentence is:

The pain of a wound to our self respect may poison a whole day.

Explanation:

Auxiliary verb definition:

According to the dictionary,

A verb used in the forming of tenses moods and voices of other verbs. The primary auxiliary verbs used in english are

• Be
• Do
• Have

There is another type of auxiliary verb called the Modal auxiliary verb.

The verbs that fall under that category is:

1. Can
2. Could
3. May
4. Should
5. Will
6. Must
7. Shall
8. Would.

Therefore, from the above given list, we can conclude that the auxiliary verb in the sentence is : may.