Hello, Raja, let me highlight the main point in your post. You essentially ask about questions beginning with wh -words (that's why they are termed wh -questions). To form them correctly, you need to be aware that they can be subdivided into 1

Hi, In the sentence: I really should go home to my wife, but I need to see the deviltry! Question: Is 'should' a helping verb to 'go'? 'Should' is a modal auxiliary verb and Is 'need' a helping verb to

Hi, rishila, welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! The use of "do" is a little hard to get used to. I'm not sure what you mean by "for pronoun only." It's used a lot in questions and negative statements.

To be honest, I was among the learners who were taught the word "auxiliary" which are used interchangeably with "modal". If this is not messy enough, some books / references even called them "helping verbs".

Pleasehelp, I replied your other posts regarding the use of modals. Again, Whenever you see the following modals /helping verbs used, even in their negative form, you will find the adjacent verb remain in its basic form. i.e. He must understand

Why are most questions asked in invented order rather than normal order? We distinguish the mood of the sentence grammatically by the structure of the sentence. For interrogative mood (asking questions), the helping verb is inverted with the

Hi, Avangi, Many thanks for your further explanation. I guess I know how to express myself much better now. Is she often late for school? Yes, she is often late for school. (Long answer) => Yes, she is (often late for

Hi Please; In this case you have a helping verb (did) to make the past tense of "have". "Have" does not change in 3rd person singular. I did have. You did have. He did have. We did have. They did have. The main verb (have)

It's said that the adverbs of frequency should be placed before Be verb or helping verb when occurring in the short-form answer. However, these negative answers don't seem right to me. Therefore, I would like to know whether or not the

It's said that the adverbs of frequency should be placed before Be verb or helping verb when occurring in the short-form answer. However, these negative answers don't seem right to me. Therefore, I would like to know whether or not the