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Seventiesmonster Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Auxiliary verb headache

I am have a really tough time distinguishing between auxiliary and main verbs in sentences, I wonder if someone can help me out!

I HAVE been to the swimming pool... I HAVE is auxiliary
I have DONE a lot of work today... DONE is the main verb
I HAD a great day yesterday... I HAD is the main verb
I DID everything I could to understand grammar... I DID is auxiliary
I AM doing everything I can to succeed... I AM is auxiliary

Is my understanding here correct? or have I really missed the concept?
  

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Hello, 70s-- and welcome to English Forums. All are fine except: I DID everything I could to understand grammar... DID is main verb .

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  • Hello, 70s-- and welcome to English Forums.
  • All are fine except: I DID everything I could to understand grammar...
  • DID is main verb .
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Hello, 70s-- and welcome to English Forums. All are fine except:

I DID everything I could to understand grammar... DID is main verb
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Ok, that helps! If you take DID out of the sentence it does not really make much sense!

Thanks for the welcome!
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seventiesmonsterdistinguishing between auxiliary and main verbs in sentences, I wonder if someone can help me out!
If there's more than one verb in a sequence, all but the last are the auxiliaries, the last is the main verb. If there's only one, it's the main verb, and there is no auxiliary.

I HAVE been to the swimming pool... I HA
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