Primary Auxiliaries – Be
This form of “be” is used with I in the present tense.
What is am?
Used with past participles to form perfect tenses.
What is have/has/had?
Shows ability or permission.
What is can?
Add an auxiliary: If it rains, we ___ stay inside.
What is “will”?
“Helping verbs” are another name for these.
What are auxiliary verbs?
This form of “be” is used with he, she, it in the present tense.
What is is?
Used with main verbs to form negatives or questions in simple present.
What is do/does?
Shows advice or obligation.
What is should
Fill in the blank: If they practised more, they ___ win the match.
What is “could” or “would”?
Auxiliary that helps form continuous tenses.
What is be?
This form of “be” is used with we, they in the present tense.
What is are?
Used with main verbs to form negatives or questions in simple past.
What is did?
Shows necessity or strong obligation.
What is must?
Identify the mistake: If I would be you, I’d say sorry.
“Would” can’t go in the if-clause. It should be “If I were you, I’d say sorry.”
Auxiliary that helps form perfect tenses.
What is have?
This form of “be” is used in the past tense with he, she, it.
What is was?
Used with “I” or “we” to show past perfect.
What is had?
Shows possibility.
What is might?
Choose the best option: If you see her, you ___ tell her the truth.
What is “should”?
Modal auxiliary that never changes form.
What are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must?
The “be” form used in continuous tenses, combined with -ing verbs.
What is am/is/are/was/were?
Combine with been to show present perfect continuous.
What is have/has?
Used to make polite offers or past possibility.
What is could / would?
Complete: If we had left earlier, we ___ caught the bus.
What is “would have”?
He has been working, these are all the auxiliaries.
What are has, been?