what is Auxiliaries
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An auxiliary verb is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears, such as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany a main verb. The main verb provides the main semantic content of the clause
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Explanation:
Modal Auxiliaries
1. Auxiliaries, Modals and Main verbs
be, have and do can be auxiliaries and main verbs. They have grammatical functions and are used for forming tenses, questions, the passive, etc.
Modals are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would and need (need can also be a main verb).
Examples:
We can play football.
We could play football.
We may play football.
We might play football.
We must play football.
We mustn't play football.
We needn't play football.
We ought to play football.
We shall play football.
We should play football.
We will play football.
We would play football.
2. What to keep in mind when using modals
Explanation
Do not use modals for things which happen definitely.
- They have no -s in the 3rd person singular.
- . Questions are formed without do/does/did.
- It follows a main verb in its infinitive.
- There are no past forms (except could and would).
- When you use the past participle you tell about things which did not happen in the past.
3. Long and contracted forms of modals
Affirmative Negative
Long forms Long forms Contracted forms
can cannot can't
could could not couldn't
may may not -------
might might not -------
ought to ought not to oughtn't to
need need not needn't
shall shall not shan't
should should not shouldn't
will will not won't
would would not wouldn't