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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Forms of Helping Verbs
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| Helping verbs are also
called "auxiliary verbs". |
All helping verbs are used with a main verb (either expressed or
understood*). There are 2 groups of helping verbs:
- Tense helping verbs, used to change the tense of the
main verb.
- Modal helping verbs, used to change the "mood" of the
main verb.
| Tense helping verbs |
Modal helping verbs |
| do |
(to make simple tenses) |
can |
could |
| be |
(to make continuous tenses) |
may |
might |
| have |
(to make perfect tenses) |
will |
would |
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shall |
should |
| must |
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| ought (to) |
| "Do", "be" and "have" as helping verbs have
exactly the same forms as when they are main verbs (except that as helping verbs
they are never used in infinitive forms). |
Modal helping verbs are invariable. They always
have the same form. |
Tense helping verbs are followed by the main verb
in a particular form:
- do + V1 (base verb)
- be + -ing (present participle)
- have + V3 (past participle)
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"Ought" is followed by the main verb in
infinitive form. Other modal helping verbs are followed by the main verb in its
base form (V1).
- ought + to... (infinitive)
- other modals + V1 (base verb)
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| "Do", "be" and "have" can also function as
main verbs. |
Modal helping verbs cannot also function as main
verbs. |
* Sometimes we make a sentence that has a helping verb and seems
to have no main verb. In fact, the main verb is "understood". Look at the
following examples:
- Question: Can you speak English? (The main verb
speak is "expressed".)
- Answer: Yes, I can. (The main verb speak is not
expressed. It is "understood" from the context. We understand: Yes, I can
speak English.
But if somebody walked into the room and said "Hello. I can", we
would understand nothing!
Now check your understanding
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