Auxiliary Verb

AUXILIARY VERB 

The Verb which helps the main verb to make tense and mood is called Helping Verb or Auxiliaries

Types of Auxiliary Verb (Helping verb) :

Primary Auxiliary Verb
Modal Auxiliary Verb
Marginal Modal Verb



Primary Helping Verb – Is, are, am, was, were, has, have, had, do, does, did को Primary Helping Verb. कहते है  

TYPES OF PRIMARY AUXILIARY VERB :

Verb to Be        ( is / are/ am/ was/ were )
Verb to Have   ( have / has / had )
Verb to Do        (do / does/ did )
USES OF PRIMARY AUXILIARY VERB :

IS – 3rd Person Singular Subject (He, She, Any name of person/place/thingके साथ 
He is at home.
She is playing
He is sent

AM – 1st Person Singular Subject (i) के साथ 
I am in School.
I am Amar Sharma
ARE – You , We , They and And Any Plural noun(Two or more than two person/place/thing) के साथ
You are with me. 
You are going home
They are blamed.
We are tortured.

WAS – 3rd Person Singular Subject. के साथ 
He was at home
She was in school
I was there. 
I was laughing.

WERE – You , We , They,  or Any Plural Noun(Two or more than two person/place/thing) के साथ.
You were not there.
We were in Goa those days.
You were going home.
We were scolded 

HAVE – I, You, They, We, or Any Plural Noun(Two or more than two person/place/thing) के साथ  
You have money.
I have something.
We have lots of books
I have played by that boy.

HAS – 3rd Person Singular Subject (He, She, Any name of person/place/thing) के साथ 
He has a pen.
She has books.
He has gone to school
She has lived there

HAD –  सभी Subject के साथ 
I had a pen.
She had books.
You had money.
We had lots of pens.
They had a strong desire to win.

DO-  I, You, We, They or Any plural noun (Two or more than two person/place/thing). के साथ 
I do not play with her.
You do not know me.
We do not meet you. 
I do go.

DOES- 3rd Person singular subjects (He, She, Any name of person/place/thing). के साथ 
He does not go to college.
She does not sit with her.
He does go.
DID – सभी Subject के साथ.
Amar did not meet you.
I did not call you.
He did go there.
She did not sit with me.







MODAL VERB – The helping verb which is always used with main verb is called a Modal Verb

( वह सहायक क्रिया जो हमेशा मुख्य क्रिया के साथ प्रयोग हो उसे रूपात्मक क्रिया कहते है )

THERE ARE 10 MODAL VERBS :-

1) Can                   6)  Should
2) Could               7) Will
3) May                  8) Would
4) Might                9) Must
5) Shall                 10) Ought to 

CHARACTERISTICS OF MODAL AUXILIARY VERB : 

It Always Use with Main Verb .

It does not have Subject effect.    

They never change their forms. 

In Modal verb you  Can’t add S, ED, ING 

They are always followed by an infinitive without “To” (Bare Infinitive)

They are used to indicate modality allow speakers to Express Certainty, Possibility, Willingness, Obligation, Necessity, Ability. 

USES OF MODAL AUXILIARY VERB : 

1) Can:-It is used to express POWER , ABILITY ,CAPACITY , ORDER, POSSIBILITY, PERMISSION. 

1) Poonam can break this stick.
2) Ram can lift this box
3) Smoking can cause cancer.
4) You can defeat me.
5) Rahul can move this rock.
6) Amar can speak French
7) Ram can break this wall
8) Amar can carry this load.
9) Katrina can solve this sum.
10) Can I use Your Phone
11) Can you play basketball ?
12) He can swim like a fish?
13) Amar can calculate a big sum
14) You can go now
15) Anybody can dance.

2) Could:-It is used to express  PAST ABILITY / POLITE REQUEST / PAST TENSE OF CAN .

1) Amar said that Ram could speak English
2) Sonam said that Sonali could Speak French.
3) Amar said that Sonu could teach.
4) Suman said that she could break this wall.
5) Could you please give me a pen ?
6) Could you please open the window?
7) Could you please close the door?
8) Could you please move a bit?
9) Amar could speak Hindi when he was 10.
10) Amar could speak English when he was young
11) Kajal could swim in her childhood.
12) Suman could write in her childhood.

3) May:-It is used to express EXPRESS POSSIBILITY / PERMISSION / REASON / WISH.

1) It may rain today
2) I may win the race
3) She may come today
4) India may win the match
5) May I come in, Sir?
6) May I take your pen ?
7) May I use your phone?
8) May I sit here ?
9) May you get success
10) May god bless you
11) May you get a job
12) May you get progress
13) I eat so that I may live
14) I study so that I may pass
15) I take exercise so that I may by healthy.

4) Might:-It is used to express DOUBTFUL POSSIBILITY / REASON / WISH / PAST OF MAY. 

1) Amar said that Ram might come today.
2) Sonam said that It might rain today.
3) Amar said that she might win the race.
4) Suman said that she might win the match.
5) Amar is weak. He might pass SSC.
6) The sky is clear. It might rain heavily.
7) I am weak. I might defeat you.
8) Ram is ill. He might
9) The sky is clear. It might rain heavily.

5) Will:-It is used to express Simple Future Tense with 2nd Person and 3rd Person and It is used with I and We, If they Express Determination / Promises/ Threat

1) Amar will go to Mumbai.
2) Radha will come here tomorrow.
3) You will write a letter.
4) He will enjoy the party
5) She will dance
6) It will be Sunday
7) They will go there.
8) Will you stop making that noise.
9) I will kill you
10) We will teach you a lesson.
11) I will go there anyhow.

6) Would:-It is used to express PAST TENSE OF WILL / POLITE REQUEST / PROBABILITY / GREAT DESIRE / PAST HABIT / UNREAL CONDITION .

1) Amar said that he would help me.
2) She said that she would wait for me.
3) Would you like a cup of tea?
4) Would you mind lending me some money?
5) If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.
6) If I were the President, I would lower taxes.

7) Shall:-It is used to express Simple Future Tense with I and We and It is used with Second Person and Third Person if they express Determination  / Promises / Threat .

1) I shall go to Goa tomorrow.
2) We shall enjoy the party.
3) We shall be in Japan next year
4) What shall we talk about?
5) Shall I open the window?
6) We shall eat after the party.

8) Should:-It is used to express PAST TENSE OF SHALL / ADVICE / DUTY / INSTRUCTION .

1) Amar said that I should go there.
2) Amar said that we should go there
3) Amar should drink milk
4) Ram should help the poor
5) You should write well.

9) Must:-It is used to express DUTY / OBLIGATION / INSTRUCTIONS / STRONG ADVICE / COMPULSION / NECESSITY / PROBABILITY / PROHIBITION .

1) You must help the poor.
2) I must go now.
3) He must go home.
4) They must pay fine.
5) You must be loyal to your country
6) You must not touch the electric wire.

10) Ought to:- It is used to express MORAL OR SOCIAL OBLIGATION / LEGAL ADVICE ./ LOGICAL CONCLUSION .

1) We ought to help the poor.
2) You ought to exercise regularly.
3) She ought to be back by 4 o’clock.
4) You ought to lodge an FIR
5) You ought to inform the police.

Marginal Modal Auxiliary Verb  is also known is Semi-Modal Auxiliary Verb.

MARGINAL MODAL AUXILIARY VERB – The helping verb which is always used with main verb is called a Modal Verb

THERE ARE 3 MARGINAL MODAL AUXILIARY VERB :
1) Need
2) Dare
3) Used to

CHARACTERISTICS OF MARGINAL MODAL AUXILIARY VERB :

USES OF MARGINAL MODAL AUXILIARY VERB :

Need – It used as Main verb and Modal Verb (interrogative & negative)
Do you need a pen.
I need books
You need to start a new business.
He need not to stay here.

Dare  – It used as Main verb and Modal Verb.(interrogative & negative)
Do you dare to touch him?
I dare to fight him.
I dare you to go there alone.
I dare not to go there.

Used to –  It used as Modal verb (past habit) and adjective.
I used to take tea.
I used not to take liquor.
Used you to take liquor.
I am used to getting up early.
Were you used to walking?


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