Dear friend, ...was driving... Is this a phrase in the past progressive? Yes, it surely is. ( be+ing) And is it a passive voice? No, it is not. Passive voice requires a past participle ( eg was being driven) And there is no modality here

Can someone correct this? A phrase like: ...was driving... Is this a phrase in the past progressive? ( be+ing) And is it a passive voice? And there is no modality here because there is no modal auxiliary, right? What about:

Dear friend, 'should go' is a single verb phrase containing a modal auxiliary verb should . This operator is more specifically known as a central modal , because it shares all the features pertaining to modal auxiliary verbs. 'need to

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

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

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

Hi There, I am having trouble understanding Main verbs and Auxiliary verbs could someone please assist me. If there is a modal verb before the main verb would I class this as a main verb? I understand that the primary Auxiliary

Many thanks for your reply and recommendation. It helps a lot. Your list of auxiliaries seems all right, but I would not include used to . I thought it’s just an idiom, but my grammar book and Longman dictionary tell me it’ is

I find that have to is most often called a semi-modal . It has the effect of a modal like must , but is conjugated like an ordinary verb. ( has to, have to, had to, ... ) I would certainly not call it an auxiliary verb with an infinitive, though

Hi, I would like to ask some questions about modal auxiliary. First, does HAVE TO belong to MODAL AUXILIARY? I have visited some websites on this topic. (I also searched here for the keyword, but there are too many articles and thus I