Auxiliary Verbs

           
               Good day! Let us have now the auxiliary verbs. I want to share to you guys what I had learned about the helping verbs (be, do and have). Let us begin...

*Be, do, and have are both stand-alone verbs and auxiliary verbs. 

*When these verbs are auxiliary, you will find them teamed with other verbs to complete the verb phrase.

                     Forms of Be                  

am, is, are, was, were, being, been

Present Progressive

Am, Is, or Are + Present Participle

Use the present progressive tense to convey an action or condition happening right now or frequently.

I am baking chocolate-broccoli muffins today.

Am = auxiliary verb; baking = present participle completing the verb phrase.

Alex is sitting at the kitchen table, anticipating his first bite.

Is = auxiliary verb; sitting = present participle completing the verb phrase.

Alex must wait a while longer because the muffins are cooling by the window.

Are = auxiliary verb; cooling = present participle completing the verb phrase.

 Past Progressive

Was or Were + Present Participle
Use the past progressive tense to show either 1) an action or condition that continued in the past or 2) an action or condition interrupted by another.

Naomi was hoping for an A in her organic chemistry class.

Was = auxiliary verb; hoping = present participle completing the verb phrase

Unfortunately, Naomi's lab reports were missing the nutritional data on chocolate-broccoli muffins.

Were = auxiliary verb; missing = present participle completing the verb phrase. 

 Future Progressive

Will + Be + Present Participle

Use the future progressive tense to indicate an action that will continue in the future.

   Soon, Alex will be eating organic chocolate-broccoli muffin!

   Will, be = auxiliary verbs; eating = present participle completing the verb phrase.

Form passive voice with the auxiliary verb be.

You can make any transitive verb—an action verb that can take a direct object—passive with the auxiliary verb be.

Forms of Beam, is, are, was, were, being, been

Passive voice: Direct Object as Subject + Form of Be + Past Participle + By + Subject as Object of the Preposition.

Our lips were licked by us.

                    Forms of Have                

 has, have, had, having

Present Perfect

Has or Have + Past Participle

Use the present perfect tense to convey an action or condition that began in the past but continues [or is finished] in the present.

Marge has bought earplugs to drown out her husband's snoring.

Has = auxiliary verb; bought = past participle completing the verb phrase.

The earplugs have saved Marge's marriage to George.

Have = auxiliary verb; saved = past participle completing the verb phrase.   

 Past Perfect

Had + Past Participle

Use the past perfect tense to show that one action in the past occurred before another.

Because Marge had purchased the earplugs, she no longer fantasized about smothering George with a pillow.

Had = auxiliary verb; purchased = past participle completing the verb phrase.  

 Future Perfect

Will + Have + Past Participle

Use the future perfect tense to indicate that an action will be finished in the future.

This Sunday, Marge will have gotten an entire week of uninterrupted sleep.

Will, have = auxiliary verbs; gotten = past participle completing the verb phrase.

                    Forms of Do                   

does, do, did, doing

Form of Do + Main Verb

Form of Do + Subject + Main Verb

I did not eat your leftover pizza!

Did = auxiliary verb; eat = main verb completing the verb phrase.

Do you always accuse the first person you see?

Do = auxiliary verb; accuse = main verb completing the verb phrase.

Doesn't the evidence point to Samuel, who still has a bit of black olive stuck to his front tooth?

Does = auxiliary verb; point = main verb completing the verb phrase.