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may may might —

must must had to had to

REMEMBER
 Auxiliary verbs are the only verbs which can be combined with ‘not’. So, they are also called
friends of ‘not’ sometimes.
Examples: cannot, will not, shall not, have not

 Auxiliary verbs are the only verbs which can be contracted when used with ‘not’.
Examples: can’t (cannot), haven’t (have not), aren’t (are not). But we do not use ‘amn’t’. We
use ’ain’t’.
 Auxiliaries are used in question form.
Examples: 1. Isn’t he Rip Van Winkle?

2. He has changed a lot, hasn’t he?

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable auxiliary verbs.

1. The noise of rolling balls sounded like thunder when Rip
climbing up the mountain slope with a barrel.

2. When Rip woke up, he thought that he slept all night.

3. Rip Van Winkle not find his way home easily after twenty years.

4. I making a hat like Rip’s hat and gift it to my brother
tomorrow.

5. My friends playing ninepins now and I join them in a
few minutes.

6. We watched the movie ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and you also
watch it as soon as possible. You love it.

Other Verbs

Except for auxiliary verbs, most verbs are active or doing verbs.

Examples: think, dance, play

Main verbs are also used in three forms: present, past and past participle.

Present (base) form Past form Past participle form

blow blew blown
break broke broken

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