Teacher Guide / Instructions
An auxiliary verb - sometimes called a 'helping verb' is used together with another verb to create different tenses, moods, or voices.
'Be' is used with:
Progressive tenses
•I am going to the supermarket.
•He was reading a book before bed.
The passive voice
• I was given an award for my accomplishment.
• That song was famous for many years.
'Have' is used with:
The perfect tenses
• She has never eaten fish before.
• He had been working as a farmer before he became a football player.
'Do' is used with:
Questions
• Do you want to go to the cinema?
• Do you have a pencil I can borrow?
Negative forms
• I don't like studying Maths.
• They didn't go on vacation this year because the weather was bad.
'Modals' are used with:
The base infinitive of a verb.
• You should take an umbrella if it's raining.
• We can have a picnic on the weekend.
Teacher Guide
An auxiliary verb - sometimes called a 'helping verb' is used together with another verb to create different tenses, moods, or voices.
'Be' is used with:
Progressive tenses
•I am going to the supermarket.
•He was reading a book before bed.
The passive voice
• I was given an award for my accomplishment.
• That song was famous for many years.
'Have' is used with:
The perfect tenses
• She has never eaten fish before.
• He had been working as a farmer before he became a football player.
'Do' is used with:
Questions
• Do you want to go to the cinema?
• Do you have a pencil I can borrow?
Negative forms
• I don't like studying Maths.
• They didn't go on vacation this year because the weather was bad.
'Modals' are used with:
The base infinitive of a verb.
• You should take an umbrella if it's raining.
• We can have a picnic on the weekend.
Teacher Guide
An auxiliary verb - sometimes called a 'helping verb' is used together with another verb to create different tenses, moods, or voices.
'Be' is used with:
Progressive tenses
•I am going to the supermarket.
•He was reading a book before bed.
The passive voice
• I was given an award for my accomplishment.
• That song was famous for many years.
'Have' is used with:
The perfect tenses
• She has never eaten fish before.
• He had been working as a farmer before he became a football player.
'Do' is used with:
Questions
• Do you want to go to the cinema?
• Do you have a pencil I can borrow?
Negative forms
• I don't like studying Maths.
• They didn't go on vacation this year because the weather was bad.
'Modals' are used with:
The base infinitive of a verb.
• You should take an umbrella if it's raining.
• We can have a picnic on the weekend.