Auxiliary Verbs
Things to remember:
An auxiliary verb helps the main verb in a sentence.
The helping verb comes before the main verb.
e.g. The boy is playing football.
Here 'playing' is the main verb and 'is' is the auxiliary verb.
These are the answers to the exercises you did last Wednesday.
Focus
Practice
Extension A
Extension B
Things to remember:
An auxiliary verb helps the main verb in a sentence.
The helping verb comes before the main verb.
e.g. The boy is playing football.
Here 'playing' is the main verb and 'is' is the auxiliary verb.
These are the answers to the exercises you did last Wednesday.
Focus
- She is feeling unwell today.
- We would like to discuss the problem.
- The telephone has rung seven times.
- I must leave at six o’clock.
- I could find the station on the map.
- The photographs were taken last summer.
Practice
- Cowslips were growing in the meadow last year.
- I am spreading butter on my bread before I put on the jam.
- She is going abroad for her her holidays.
- We are hoping to finish this before we go.
- He was playing tennis when he hurt his hand.
Extension A
- I was thinking about what I was going to do.
- We were walking to the town and then we were going to catch a bus.
- They were wondering what they were going to do.
Extension B
- I am going to meet a friend after lunch.
- We are hoping for sunny weather.
- She is going outside for a few minutes.