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Irregular & Helping Verbs PDF

Irregular verbs are verbs whose past tense does not end in "ed" or "d". Helping verbs, also called auxiliary verbs, occur before the main verb and help express its tense, aspect, or voice. The primary helping verbs are be, have, and do. Be is followed by the main verb in the -ing form to express progressive aspect. Have is followed by the past participle form of the main verb to express perfect aspect. Do is followed by the base form of the main verb and is used for emphasis.

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Irregular & Helping Verbs PDF

Irregular verbs are verbs whose past tense does not end in "ed" or "d". Helping verbs, also called auxiliary verbs, occur before the main verb and help express its tense, aspect, or voice. The primary helping verbs are be, have, and do. Be is followed by the main verb in the -ing form to express progressive aspect. Have is followed by the past participle form of the main verb to express perfect aspect. Do is followed by the base form of the main verb and is used for emphasis.

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IRREGULAR &

HELPING
VERBS
Class IV – English Language
Irregular Verbs

 Irregular verbs are those verbs whose past tense does not end with ‘–d’ or ‘-
ed’ .

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Helping Verbs

 Helping verbs are also known as Auxiliary Verbs or Auxiliaries.


 They occur before the Main Verb and help the Main verb in different ways.

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Primary Helping Verbs

Be

Have

Do
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The Helping Verb – ‘BE’
 ‘Be’ as a helping verb is followed by the Main Verb in the –ing form.

VERB PRESENT FORM PAST FORM

Be Is , Am, Are Was , Were

Helping Verb Main Verb


Am
Is
Laughing/carving/reading
Are
Was

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The Helping Verb – ‘HAVE’
 ‘Have’ as a helping verb is followed by the Main Verb in the ‘past participle’
form.
VERB PRESENT FORM PAST FORM

Have Has , Have Had

Helping Verb Main Verb


Has taken
Have taken
Had taken

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The Helping Verb – ‘DO’
 ‘Do’ as a helping verb is followed by the base form of the Main Verb.

VERB PRESENT FORM PAST FORM

Do Do , Does Did

Helping Verb Main Verb


Do open
Does open
Did open

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