Unit 1

Auxiliary Verbs
 Auxiliary verb + Present participle

Auxiliary Present
verbs participle
The boy is flying a kite. is flying

They were watching TV at 7 yesterday. were watching

Be + present participle / Verb-ing

 Auxiliary verb + past participle

Be + past participle Have + Past participle

 English is spoken all over the world The boy has closed the window.

 The book was listed as a best seller. They had finished the report by 5.

PASSIVE VOICE PERFECT TENSES

Auxiliary verb + bare infinitive

Positive sentences Questions and negatives

• Paul may arrive tomorrow. •Do you like fish?
• I can speak English •He doesn’t like playing cards.

Do/ Does/ Did in positive sentences

• I do believe that he is right.
• He does like ice-cream.
• She did stay with me last night.
• Not until the age of 10, did he come to school.
Meaning of Key Auxiliary Verbs

• I’m thirsty ~ I’ll make you a cold drink.

Will
• She’ll be there at 8.

• Shall I make you a cold drink?

Shall
• We shall go out for the day.
Meaning of Key Auxiliary Verbs

• She can play the piano.

May/ Can • It may rain tomorrow.

• May I come in?

Can/ Could/ • Could I use your dictionary?
May
•You can take both of them.
Meaning of Key Auxiliary Verbs

• There must be someone in the house. The TV is on.

Must • We must take care of our health.

• You must clean your room everyday.

Must/ Have to
• I have to go now.
Meaning of Key Auxiliary Verbs

• You should/ ought to/ had better study hard.

Should/ Ought
• You shouldn’t/ oughtn’t to play games too much.
to/ Had better
•You had better not to go to bed late.

• I should have studied hard last semester.

Should have/ • You could have passed all the exams. They were not
Could have… very difficult.

• They used to live in a small house.

used to/ would • In summer, I would go swimming.
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