underline the quxiliary
in the following sentence.
could meet the needs of his family sulficielly.
He
Answers
Explanation:
Auxiliary verbs (also known as ’helping verbs’) include be, do and have. They are used along with the main verb in a sentence to make questions, negative statements, passives and tenses.
In this question, "Do you like Czech food?" - do is the auxiliary verb, like is the main verb.
In questions, auxiliary verbs come before the subject - in our example question, you is the subject.
Auxiliary verbs - Do/does/did
Do is used for forming questions and making negatives.
Does is the form for the 3rd person singular (does she...) and did is the past tense of do .
Do and does is never used for the past.
The auxiliary verb - "be"
Be can be used as an auxiliary verb or the main verb in a sentence.
Be when it is used as an auxiliary verb is used to form the continuous tense and the passive form .
Am, is a are are the present tense for be .
Am is used for the first person singular (I). Is is used for the 3rd person singular ( he, she, it ). Are is used for the other cases ( you , they and we ).
Was is the form used for the 1st and 3rd person singular - I, he , she, it .
Were is the past tense for - you , they and we .
The auxiliary verb "have"
Have is used to make the perfect tenses (it is always followed by the past participle - the third form of the verb). The forms of the perfect tense are the present perfect, past perfect and future perfect.
Has is the form for the 3rd person singular (he, she, it) and have is used for all other forms (I, you, we, they).
Had is the past tense for "have" for all pronouns.
Other auxiliary verbs - modal verbs
Other auxiliary verbs: can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would and ought to.
These are also known as modal verbs . We use them to show obligation, possibility and necessity. For example:
Jack is late. He might be sleeping.
Possibility
I should clean my room today.
Obligation
I must wear a tie to school.
Necessity