By Tenses, Auxiliaries

I've come back for good. I've means I have. After auxiliary have use the past participle, no matter what the verb. The past participle of come is come. ____________________ I came back for good. Auxiliary have is not used here. came is the simple past tense of come. CJ

Noooooo way. has/have/had followed by a past participle would be called auxiliary verbs.I believe I see the point of confusion. The last word (verbs) refers only to has, have, and had, not also to the past participle which follows them! CJ

<Noooooo way. It is a finite verb phrase whose first verb is an auxiliary.> I think the poster meant to distinguish between "have"(full verb) and "have" (auxiliary). So, it's true that when has/have/had are followed by a p.p., they are being used as auxiliaries.

CalifJim wrote:has/have/had followed by a past participle would be called auxiliary verbs. To make it even simpler, some people call them helper or helping verbs.CJ Noooooo way. It is a finite verb phrase whose first verb is an auxiliary. EG: I have been ill. (H)ave is an auxiliary here,...

Hi, I have eaten. I have done. This is the Present Perfect tense. 'Have' is commonly called the 'auxiliary' verb. In class, I sometimes call it the 'helping verb'. Eaten/done are past participles. Other examples of auxiliaries are I will eat, I did eat. Best wishes, Clive

has/have/had followed by a past participle would be called auxiliary verbs. To make it even simpler, some people call them helper or helping verbs. CJ

Hi, if I'm not mistaken, "seen" and "done" are past participles, "have seen" and "have done" are verbs in the present perfect tense, and in those verbs "have" is an auxiliary verb. Also, "saw" and "ate" are verbs in the simple past tense. When you learn a new verb, you need three forms of...

When the auxiliary is the same, same tense, same person and has the same subject as the first one, you can omit it, it makes the sentence flow better.

Hi redliddyI am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear. I have always called 'modals' defective auxiliaries, by the way, but I do know that your term is also used.With the modals you never use do in questions and...

Is this true that simple present tense is being used in passive voice in the following sentence, he is gone?Absolutely not! to go is an intransitive verb. Such verbs have no passive forms. Only transitive verbs can be placed in passive voice. gone is a past participle used as an adjective. ...