Posts Tagged ‘Auxiliary verbs’

Auxiliary verbs – find the mistakes

January 22nd, 2012 in English Quiz

Each sentence given below contains a mistake. Find the mistake and correct it.

Example

Sentence: ‘Could I ask you something?’ ‘Yes, of course you could.’

Properties of auxiliary verbs

September 14th, 2011 in English Grammar

English auxiliary verbs exhibit four properties. They are:

1. Auxiliaries alone can be negated by adding not.

Uses of auxiliary verbs

August 23rd, 2011 in Improve English

To make negative statements

In modern English, the simple addition of not is not enough to form negative statements.

Study the following sentences.

Auxiliary verbs exercise

May 7th, 2011 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Each question has only one correct answer. Choose the most appropriate one.

1. He ………………. writing a novel. (is / am / has)

Modal auxiliary verbs exercise # 3

April 23rd, 2011 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Choose your answers from the options given in the brackets.

1.       When I was young, I …………………… run four miles at a stretch. (could / can / might)

Modal auxiliary verbs exercise

April 19th, 2011 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Choose your answers from the options given below each question.

1.       When I was a child, I ………………………. watch TV whenever I wanted to.

Modal auxiliary verbs Exercise

January 17th, 2011 in Improve English

Rewrite each of the following sentences using a modal auxiliary verb.

1. Possibly she isn’t John’s sister.

2. Perhaps we will visit them next week.