AUXILIARIES AND ANOMALOUS VERBS

What is an auxiliary verb ?

There are two kinds of verbs.

1. Main Verb / Principal Verb / Full Verb.
2. Auxiliary Verb

A main verb or principal verb itself without taking the help of any other verb.

For Example :-

He played cricket well.
we know the rules.
His brother is a doctor.
Ravi has a beautiful watch.

(Words in italics are main verbs).

An auxiliary verb is called a helping verb.It can't interdependently express any meaning. It only helps the main verb Words in italic are known as Auxiliary verbs .

For Example :-

He will come in the time.
They can write the essay well.
He is Driving the car slowly.
The boy has completed the work.
It may rain today.

There are 24 auxiliary verbs.

Be Verbs :-  is, am, are, was, were.
Do Verbs :-  do, does, did.
Have Verbs :-  Have, has, Had.
Shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, ought to, need, dare, used to.

These 24 auxiliary can be categorized into parts.

1. Primary auxiliaries, such as be Verbs, do verbs and have verbs.
2. Model auxilaries such as shall,should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, ought to, need, dare, used to.

Primary auxiliary can be used both as principal verbs and auxiliary verbs, but model auxiliaries are only used as auxiliary verbs.

For Example :-

He is a farmer. (main verb)
He is milking the cow. (auxiliary verb)
I have a red pen. ( main verb)
We have taken our breakfast .(auxiliary verb)