Auxiliary verbs

Grammar Point

Ex.12. Fill in the gaps with the forms of the verbs “ to be ” and “ to have ”. Check if you remember them (you may use Table 1). Listen and check.

1. Swimming can _________ also dangerous if there _________ rocks under the water or if the sea _________ not quiet.

2. It _________ always interesting to discover new things, different way of life, to meet different people, to try different musical rhythms.

3. Travelling _________ its advantages and disadvantages.

4. If people _________ fond of travelling they see and get to know a lot of things.

5. The best way to study geography _________ to travel, and the best way to understand people _________ to meet them in their own homes.

6. Tour _________ a planned journey within a fixed period of time.

7. In London you _________ plenty of places to go, because the city _________ full of sights, history and atmosphere.

8. We _________ here to help you make the most enjoyable voyage.

9. Airbus _________ ideal if you _________ lots of luggage.

10. He _________ held the record for traveling to 192 of the globe's countries and _________ spent about $1 25 million roaming in the past 40 years.

11.These tours _________ conducted by experts – local guides who _________ eager to share their knowledge of the city's history, culture, famous sights, etc.

1. There are 3 classes of verbs in English: auxiliary verbs, modal auxiliary verbs and full verbs.

a) Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs. They show tense and number.

They may be alone in the sentence or along with main verbs. When they are alone they have their own meaning (a).

When they are with a form of the main verb they are auxiliaries (b).

e.g.	(a)I am at home now.	(b)I am reading now.
	I have two books.	I have booked a room.
	I do my room every day.	I do not speak French.

b) Modal verbs are also auxiliary verbs because they help other verbs, but unlike auxiliaries they have their own meaning, e.g. can expresses ability.

e.g. I can speak French.

c) Full verbs are all the other verbs in English; they have their own meaning and different grammatical forms,

e.g. I want to go home. (Present Simple )

He wanted to go home as early as possible. (Past Simple)

She has already gone to school. (Present Perfect)

2. Auxiliaries verbs are used in forming questions and making sentences negative.

e.g. Do you like hitch-hiking?

He does not speak French.

Auxiliaries are used to form tag questions and short answers.

e.g. They like traveling much, don’t they?

Yes, they do. No, they don't.

Auxiliaries are used with too, either, so and neither.

e.g. Steve is working. - So is John. = John is too.

Jerry has never liked seaside-resorts. – Neither has John or John hasn’t either.

3. The auxiliary verbs do, be and have are used to express various grammatical functions, namely to form questions and negatives and to form tenses.

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