Helping Verbs الافعال المساعدة
Helping verbs have no meaning on their own. They are necessary for the grammatical structure of a sentence, but they do not tell us very much alone. We usually use helping verbs with main verbs. They "help" the main verb (which has the real meaning). There are only about (15) helping verbs in English, and we divide them into two basic groups:
Primary helping verbs (3 verbs)
These are the verbs be, do, and have. Note that we can use these three verbs as helping verbs or as main verbs. On this page we talk about them as helping verbs. We use them in the following cases:
do
to make negatives (I do not like you.)
Modal helping verbs (10 verbs)
We use modal helping verbs to "modify" the meaning of the main verb in some way. A modal helping verb expresses necessity or possibility, and changes the main verb in that sense. These are the modal verbs:
can, could ,may, might ,will, would, shall, should ,must ,ought to
Here are examples using modal verbs:
►I can't speak Chinese.
►Jehad may arrive late.
►Would you like a cup of coffee?
►You should see a doctor.
► I really must go now.
HOW TO USE MODAL VERBS
• Modal verbs are used with the basic form of the verb (="the" infinitive form, without ‘to’).
►You must pay now. NOT You must to pay now.
►They can go home if they want. NOT They can to go home if they want.
• Modal verbs do not have an ‑s ending in the present tense of the third person singular,
►He can speak French. NOT He cans speak French.
• Modal verbs do not use do in questions or negatives.
►Can you remember her name? NOT Do you can remember her name?
►We must not be late. NOT We don’t must be late.
►Should we lock the door? NOT Do we should lock the door?
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Helping verbs have no meaning on their own. They are necessary for the grammatical structure of a sentence, but they do not tell us very much alone. We usually use helping verbs with main verbs. They "help" the main verb (which has the real meaning). There are only about (15) helping verbs in English, and we divide them into two basic groups:
Primary helping verbs (3 verbs)
These are the verbs be, do, and have. Note that we can use these three verbs as helping verbs or as main verbs. On this page we talk about them as helping verbs. We use them in the following cases:
- be
- to make continuous tenses (He is watching TV.)
- to make the passive (Small fish are eaten by big fish.)
- have
- to make perfect tenses (I have finished my homework.)
Modal helping verbs (10 verbs)
We use modal helping verbs to "modify" the meaning of the main verb in some way. A modal helping verb expresses necessity or possibility, and changes the main verb in that sense. These are the modal verbs:
can, could ,may, might ,will, would, shall, should ,must ,ought to
Here are examples using modal verbs:
►I can't speak Chinese.
►Jehad may arrive late.
►Would you like a cup of coffee?
►You should see a doctor.
► I really must go now.
HOW TO USE MODAL VERBS
• Modal verbs are used with the basic form of the verb (="the" infinitive form, without ‘to’).
►You must pay now. NOT You must to pay now.
►They can go home if they want. NOT They can to go home if they want.
• Modal verbs do not have an ‑s ending in the present tense of the third person singular,
►He can speak French. NOT He cans speak French.
• Modal verbs do not use do in questions or negatives.
►Can you remember her name? NOT Do you can remember her name?
►We must not be late. NOT We don’t must be late.
►Should we lock the door? NOT Do we should lock the door?
