What are auxiliary verbs? (with example)

What are auxiliary verbs?

Basically, auxiliary verbs are function words, a type of closed class which is constituted of words that have a grammatical function as opposed to content words, which are an open class of lexical words. An auxiliary verb is used to add functional or grammatical content to the information expressed by another verb, considered to be the main verb. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs

Examples:

·         I am writing a book.

·         He has done the work.

·         We will be there in a minute.

·         Would you help me with this homework?

·         Can you open the door?

·         Did you visit New York last holiday?

·         Do you like chocolate?

·         They must get there on time.

List of auxiliary verbs

This is a list of English auxiliary verbs:

·         be (am, are, is, was, were, being),

·         can,

·         could,

·         do (did, does, doing),

·         have (had, has, having),

·         may,

·         might,

·         must,

·         shall,

·         should,

·         will,

·         would

Auxiliary verb or full verb?

To distinguish a full verb from an auxiliary verb, you can carry out the following test:

If the verb

1.       allows subject-auxiliary inversion

2.       and can take can take not in the negative form,

then it is an auxiliary verb.

Examples:

·         You are going to travel to London. -- 
Are you going to travel to London?
You are not going to travel to London.
= are is an an auxiliary verb

·         You see what I mean. --
*See you what I mean.
*You see not what I mean.
= see is not an auxiliary verb; it is a full verb. 
(The asterisk * indicates that the sentence is not grammatical.)

What Is aVerb? (With Example)

Types ofverb (With example)

Transitive verbs 

 Finite verb

Non-finite verb

Auxiliary verbs

Linking verbs

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS 

Causative verbs 

Stative verbs and dynamic verbs

OVERALLSPECIAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs

VERB +TO-INFINITIVE OR BARE INFINITIVE

VERB +TO-INFINITIVE OR GERUND

VERB +OBJECT + TO-INFINITIVE OR GERUND

Verbs + WH-CLAUSE (With Example)

HAVE/GET ANDWANT SOMETHING DONE

VERBS + TWOOBJECTS ( With Example)

MOOD (With Example)

Phrasal verbswith a verb + preposition

PHRASALVERBS WITH A VERB + AN ADVERB

DISTINGUISHING PHRASAL VERB

PHRASALVERBS WITH A VERB + AN ADVERB OR A PREPOSITION

PHRASALVERBS WITH A VERB +AN ADVERB + A PREPOSITION