AUXILIARY VERBS

 Also called helping verbs.

 They have no meaning on their own.
 They are necessary for the grammatical structure
of a sentence, but they do not tell us very much
alone. We usually use auxiliaries with main
verbs.
 They "help" the main verb (which has the real
meaning).
 BE
Continuous tenses
What are you doing?
What were you doing last night?

auxiliary main verb

 DO & DID
Simple present and simple past. Negative &
questions

What do you do?

What did you do yesterday?

auxiliary main verb

 HAVE
Perfect Tenses

I’ve never been to Paris

Have you ever been abroad?

auxiliary main verb

Let’s practise
Let’s practise
 Let’s practise

 you/ ever/ be abroad?

 your best friend/ forget your birthday?
 Where/ you / been before you arrived to
class?
 REMEMBER
We can use auxiliaries to show emphasis in
an affirmative sentence. Often when you want
to contradict what somebody says.

A: You don’t understand me.

B: I do understand you.

A: You didn’t lock the door.

B: I did lock it.