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Auxiliary Verbs, may/might, shall/should, will/would, must, ought to and…
Auxiliary Verbs
he most common auxiliary verbs are "be," "do," and "have", and you may also use
these verbs on their own. Other common auxiliaries are "can," "could," "may,"
"might," "must," "ought," "should," "will," and "would." A verb like these is called a
modal auxiliary and expresses necessity, obligation, or possibility. Modal auxiliary
verbs like ‘can’ and ‘should’ usually occur with main verbs e.g. ‘can pay’, ‘should
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The Use of Tenses
The use of tenses in English may be quite complicated, but the structure of English
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The basic structure is
- positive: subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
- negative: subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb
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Other Auxiliaries
A. There are various modal auxiliary verbs, many falling into pairs, e.g. can/could,
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may/might, shall/should, will/would, must, ought to and dare.
For example, ‘I can/could go on Saturday’ (strong/weak possibility),
both modal auxiliary verb and an appropriate adverb are used together in a sentence,
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