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Auxiliaries (Helping Verbs)
Auxiliaries (helping verbs) are used in English in many ways. Below is a chart of auxiliaries (helping verbs).
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Auxiliaries (Helping Verbs)
Each verb tense has an associated auxiliary.
| Verb Tense | Auxiliary (Helping Verb) |
| Simple Present | do, does |
| Simple Past | did |
| Present Progressive | am, are, is |
| Past Progressive | was, were |
| Present Perfect | have, has |
| Past Perfect | had |
| Modals | Use the modal in the auxiliary position |
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