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Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

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Warm-up Questions

When you hear “auxiliary verbs” (BE, DO, HAVE), what do you think they help us do in English?
Which auxiliary verb do you think you use most often: BE, DO, or HAVE? Why?
What grammar area do you want to improve most: questions, negatives, or tenses?

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Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

What auxiliary verbs are and why they matter (00:00 – 04:14)

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1. What is another name for auxiliary verbs in the lesson?

Linking nouns
Silent verbs
Action verbs
Helping verbs

2. Which three verbs are the main auxiliary verbs focused on in the lesson?

say, tell, speak
go, get, make
can, may, must
do, be, have

3. In positive sentences, auxiliary verbs are usually spoken as ______.

content words that are strongly stressed
function words that are often unstressed
questions that need rising intonation
past participles

Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

Auxiliary verb DO (simple tenses): forms, questions/negatives, and emphasis (04:14 – 06:26)

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1. Which form of DO is used with third-person singular in the present tense?

doing
do
did
does

2. When is the auxiliary verb DO required in the present tense (according to the examples)?

Only with future tense
Only with modal verbs
In negative sentences and in questions
Only in positive sentences

3. Why might someone include “do” in a positive sentence like “We do eat fish on Fridays”?

To add emphasis and make something clear
To show a continuous action
To change it into past tense
To make it passive

Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

Auxiliary verbs BE and HAVE (continuous, passive, perfect) + wrap-up (06:26 – 10:44)

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1. In continuous tenses, what form does the main verb usually take?

Base form
Past participle only
Past simple
“ing” form

2. Besides continuous tenses, BE is also used as an auxiliary verb in ______.

reported speech
comparatives
the passive voice
the future perfect only

3. In perfect tenses, what form is the main verb in?

“ing” form
Infinitive with to
Past participle form
Present simple form

Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

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1. Match the auxiliary verb to the tense group: Which auxiliary verb is connected to perfect tenses?

be
have
do
will

2. What key grammar rule does the speaker repeatedly remind viewers about?

Subject-verb agreement
Using synonyms to avoid repetition
Using articles only in questions
Alphabetical order of adjectives

3. What is one speaking benefit of learning contractions of auxiliary verbs?

You will never need auxiliary verbs again
You will avoid using negatives
You will speak more formally all the time
You will sound more relaxed and natural

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Tips To Improve Your Grammar! 👉 English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE

Which auxiliary verb (do, be, have) is hardest for you to use correctly in speaking? Why?
Do you prefer contractions (e.g., isn’t, I’ve) or full forms (is not, I have) when you speak English? In what situations?
Create three sentences about your week: one with DO (simple), one with BE (continuous), and one with HAVE (perfect).
The speaker says the system is “reasonably consistent.” Do you agree based on your experience learning English grammar?