Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hello everyone, I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Hi, You

They had to have that specially made? The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B's request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have

I found a website that could help you. I'll quote part of it for you: "May/might is an example of a modal auxiliary verb. The distinction between may and might has to do with the tense (present, past etc.) and/ or mood (indicative/

Passive has nothing to do with it. The so-called adverbs of frequency are usually placed as follows: 1. Before the main verb if it is in the present or past tense: I almost hurt my leg. He seldom smiles. 2. After the present and past tense

Canakc "be" is an auxiliary verb used to make the progressive tenses.(be + present participle) I am sitting, I was sitting The simple modal is formed by the modal auxiliary + infinitive I might sit. I would sit. I must sit. The modal

Hi CB, To my home has nothing to do with verbs. To is a preposition here. Did I say it had anything to do with verbs? Yes, to is a preposition but to my home functions an infinitive object. Am I wrong? The auxiliary forms of need are used

Do we need to say more? Let me ask you few more questions. In Will you come to my home today : to my home is infinitive object But when Do we need to say more is changed into affirmative statement Do just disappears, We need to say more . What

Hi, I know that auxiliary verb "need" cannot be used in affirmative statements, but how about this one? Is this correct? You need only see her. Hi, Let me quote Swann ( Practical English Usage , 3 rd ed., § 366.2): Need can also have