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Helping Verbs

Verbs elementary easy

Helpers (be, have, do, will, can…) build tenses, questions and negatives.

Verbs — Verb forms, modals and non-finite verbs.

Rules

1. Helpers (be, have, do, will, would, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must) build tenses, questions and negatives. 2. "Be" + -ing → continuous; "be" + past participle → passive. 3. "Have" + past participle → perfect. 4. "Do" forms questions and negatives in present/past simple. 5. Modals add ability, permission, obligation.

Explanation

"He is writing" — "is" is the helping verb. "Have you eaten?" — "have" is the helper. Helpers never carry the full meaning alone.

हिंदी में

Helping verb काल, प्रश्न और नकारात्मक वाक्य बनाने में मदद करती है — is, have, do, will, can आदि।

Examples

She is reading a book. — वह किताब पढ़ रही है।
They have finished their homework. — उन्होंने अपना होमवर्क खत्म कर लिया है।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"You do like tea?","correction":"Do you like tea?","note":"Questions put the helper before the subject."}

Practice Questions

Q1. A modal verb is followed by the base form of the verb without "to".

True
False

Answer: True

💡 Except "ought", which is followed by "to".

Q2. Find the error: "You ought rest for a while."

Answer: ought rest

💡 "Ought" takes "to": "ought to rest".

Q3. I ___ to leave early yesterday because of the rain.

must
had
have
will

Answer: had

💡 Past obligation = "had to".

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Related Topics in Verbs

Topic	Level	What it covers
Main & Helping Verbs	elementary	Main verbs carry meaning; helping verbs build tenses and questions.
Main Verbs	elementary	The main verb carries the core meaning of the verb phrase.
Modal Verbs	intermediate	Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would — ability, permission, obligation, possibility.
Finite & Non-finite Verbs	upper_intermediate	Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject; non-finite verbs do not.
Finite Verbs	upper_intermediate	Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject.
Non-Finite Verbs	upper_intermediate	Infinitives, gerunds and participles — forms that do not show tense.

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