Auxiliary Verb or Helping Verb

Definition:

Verb that relates subjects with their predicates to identify tense and also voice, person, number, or mood.

Auxiliary verbs are used to enhance a main verb’s meaning by giving us more information about its tense.

BE Form Verbs

e.g.

am

are

is

was

were

DO Form Verbs

e.g.

do

does

did

HAVE Form Verbs

e.g.

have

has

had

MODAL Verbs

e.g.

will	would	shall	should	can
could	may	might	ought to	dare
need

The be form, do form, have form, and modal verbs are called auxiliary verbs.

What is a Verb Phrase?

Definition:

When a main verb has one or more helping verbs, this is called a verb phrase.

e.g.

Steven and David must have had permission to leave early

Sachin will not be going to cricket practice this evening

They should have been mailed earlier

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