FUNCTIONS Of AUXILIARIES:
* They help state and action verbs to realize the CONTINUOUS (BE AUXILIARY) and the PERFECT TENSES (HAVE AUXILIARY)
Example:(present continuous——> I am teaching)/(past continuous—->I was teaching)
(present perfect——> I have eaten) (past perfect—–> she had eaten)
*The HAVE AND BE AUXILIARIES can combine to form the perfect continuous tenses.
Example: (present perfect continuous—–> I have been washing)
(past perfect continuous——>They had been dancing)
*TO transform the AFFIRMATIVE TO THE NEGATIVE contracted forms for verbs in sentences, questions and TAGS etc.
Negative:/ I like sleeping. I don’t like sleeping./
I have drunk tea. I haven’t drunk tea/
I was eating cakes-I wasn’t eating cakes.
*QUESTION TAGS:
/ I try skiing. Don’t I?/ I am fat. Aren’t I? We are in Africa. Aren’t we?// He’d better used the tractor. Hadn’t he/
NB. All modals(can, should) also go directly with tags: Let’s go. Shall we? Move faster. Will you?,