AUXILIARY VERBS

AUXILIARY VERBS

   October 13, 2023       RSC

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There are 24 auxiliary verbs.. These verbs are also called Defective vebrs. The other name of these verbs are ANOMALOUS FINITES. 

They are as follows.:: 

Am, is are, was, were, have, has, had, do, did,

 does, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may,

might, must, need, dare, used to, ought to. 

These auxiliary verbs are divided into two 

viz- Primary Auxiliary & Modal auxiliary. 

Primary auxiliary are 13 in number whereas

 Modal auxiliary are 24 in number.

.....These auxiliary verbs are highly essential for

 

school level  students. They must learn these

 verbs and how to use them. 

..... HOW TO USE AUXILIARY VERBS::

A)  PRIMARY AUXILIARY: Primary auxiliary verbs are easy to use .we use them in day to day life.

B) MODAL AUXILIARY:-

USAGE OF MODAL AUXILIARY ARE AS FOLLOWS --

1) SHALL: used to indicate --future, threat, command, promise, determination etc. 

  EXAMPLE: I shall go there. 

               

                       You shall be punished. 

               

                         We shall be there. 

2) SHOULD::used to show.. Probability, obligation, duty, politeness etc. 

 

  EXAMPLE:: The patient should get well soon. 

               

                          You should not have gone there. 

           

                          We should love our children. 

       

         

3) WILL::  future, willingness, promise, threat. determination etc

   EXAMPLE:: They will come tomorrow

        

                         I will visit the spot. 

        

                         We will take all possible steps. 

    

                          He will take revenge. 

   

                            I will secure 100% marks. 

4) WOULD::  willingness, politeness, conditions. 

    

EXAMPLE:: He would go to Kolkata. 

       

                     Would you please help me

     

                      Had he been well, he would have come. 

5) CAN::::  ability, permission, politeness. 

      EXAMPLE:: Raju could not succeed. 

                  

                           You can go there. 

            

                           Could you please help me.? 

6) COULD:: ability, politeness. 

    

 EXAMPLE:: I could not meet him

         

                       Could you please help me.? 

7) MAY::: willingness, purpose, possibility. 

    

 EXAMPLE::  I may go there. 

            

                     we eat that we may live. 

          

                          It may rain today. 

        

8) MIGHT:: request, future, unfulfilled conditions. 

EXAMPLE:: Might I go now.? 

           

                     The patient might recover. 

        

                      He might have won, if he played seriously. 

9) MUST::  compulsion, obligation, certainty, determination. 

EXAMPLE:: He must go now. 

            

                    You must speak the truth. 

       

                      They must come here. 

      

                     I must try to succeed. 

10) OUGHT:: duty, obligation. 

 

 EXAMPLE:: we ought to love our country. 

             

                      You ought to go there. 

11) NEED::  As regular verb, as auxiliary.  

  

  EXAMPLE::  I need your help. 

        

                        You need not go there. 

12) DARE. ::  I dare work hard. 

                  

                        You dare not do it. 

13) OUGHT TO::  past habit.. 

  

  EXAMPLE:: We used to go for morning walk. 

( Regular practice both in spoken English & writing English may help in understanding these Auxiliary verbs better)