Auxiliary Verbs
| Forms of to do |
Forms of to have |
Forms of to be |
Modals |
| (used with base form of the next verb in the string) |
(used with past participle form of the next verb in the string) |
(used with present or past participle of the next verb in the string) |
(used with base form of the next verb in the string) |
| do, does, did |
have, has, had |
am, is, are, was, were |
can, will, shall, could, would, should |
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be, being, been |
may, might, must |
Note the words in the shaded area of the chart may sometimes act as single-word verbs.
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