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.’

English auxiliary verbs exhibit four properties. They are:

1. Auxiliaries alone can be negated by adding not.

To make negative statements

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

Study the following sentences.

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)

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)

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.

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.