Fill in the blanks with appropriate modal auxiliary verbs. Each question is followed by three suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one. Answers 1. Help!… Continue reading
How do auxiliaries differ from other verbs?
The auxiliary verbs form their interrogatives simply by inversion. That means we can form a question by putting the auxiliary verb before the subject. Susie… Continue reading
The need for auxiliary verbs
English verbs have only a limited number of forms. For example, the typical English verb write has the following forms: write, writes, wrote, written, writing.… Continue reading
The need for auxiliary verbs
Look at the following sentences. She will come. He can sing. She may win. You must wait. She should go. These sentences are not statements… Continue reading
Words that can be left out
Unstressed words are often left out at the beginning of a sentence if the meaning is clear without them. Words that can be left out… Continue reading