Hi Anon What sort of course are you doing? Are you familiar with the names of vebs tenses? (simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, etc.)

hi i'm so confused about main and auxillary verbs i wondered if you could explain the difference for me. as looking at the sentences above I don't no where to start in telling the difference. Its really stressing me out as I love the

Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for

Might is always considered a modal in English. However, and that is why I think yours is a good question, in other languages, such as my own – which is Dutch – we do in fact add an adverb to the verb phrase of the sentence. In the end, the

Could you please define your terms? weak forms? = regular forms? or contracted forms? or ??? strong forms? = irregular forms? or non-contracted forms? or ??? compound verb? = like to underline (under + line)? or with auxiliary verbs? or with

'Are' is a form of the verb' be ', which is followed by a noun, adjective, adverb or (as an auxiliary verb) a participle: Are you t he leader / happy / in the garden / sleeping ? 'Do ' is a form of the auxiliary verb 'do' , which is followed by

Your question is far too general for this forum. Start by reading about modal auxiliary verbs HERE and HERE . Then, if you have any specific questions, we will try to answer them.

Hi, the sentence has been broken down to see how the tence is made up did you see her is there an auxiliary verb in this? T he sentence has been broken down to see how the ten s e is made up . D id you see her ? I s there

the sentence has been broken down to see how the tence is made up did you see her is there an auxiliary verb in this?

Just picked up on your post of 8 Mar 2006 concerning passives - it's only taken me three years to do so - still, better later than never! You're correct of course in your analysis, but I would just add a rider to make your reply even