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auxiliary verb| Verb that is used with a ‘main’ verb to help form a specific tense, and also negatives and questions. Meaning a ‘helping’ verb, the auxiliary verbs are to be, to have, and to do, as in ‘That can be changed’, ‘You must have known’, and ‘You do see’. |
| ‘To be’ can be used to form the continuous tenses, as in ‘She is living in England’. It can also be used with a past participle to form the passive voice, as in ‘The boy was drenched in water’. |
| ‘To have’ is used to form the past tense, as in ‘She had finished the letter’. |
| ‘To do’ is used for questions and negatives, as in ‘I don't. Do you?’, and both ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ have similar forms. |
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