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Auxiliary Verb

 

  

An auxiliary verb is a verb used to add functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears  for example, to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany a main verb, the main verb providing the main semantic content of the clause in which it appears. An example is the verb have in the sentence I have finished my dinner – here the main verb is finish, and the auxiliary have helps to express the . Some sentences contain a chain of two or more auxiliary verbs. Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs, helper verbs, or (verbal) auxiliaries

Examples:

• If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."
  (Isaac Newton)


• "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
  (Sir Francis Bacon)


• "We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm."
  (Winston Churchill)


• "I did not invent Irish dancing."
  (Bart Simpson, The Simpsons)