Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary Verbs are used to form various tenses, moods, and voices in English sentences.   Auxiliary verbs are also used to make negative sentences, questions, and contractions.  

The Past Perfect tense

The Past Perfect tense

In the Past perfect tense, the auxiliary verb had is used with the past participle form of the verb to indicate that the action was completed before a past action or time.

The Future Indefinite tense ( the Future Simple)

The Future Indefinite tense ( the Future Simple)

Common adverbs that can be used with the future simple tense:   tomorrow, soon, later, next week/month/year, eventually, shortly, imminently, eventually, one day, inevitably, predictably, undoubtedly, surely, certainly.

What is the Person category?

What is the Person category?

Person: In English, there are three person categories: first person, second person, and third person.   First person refers to the speaker or speakers.   Second person refers to the person or people being spoken to.   Third person refers to anyone or anything being spoken about.