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Compound Verbs
 Many verbs are made up of more than one word.
 These words are called COMPOUND VERBS
 Compound Verbs consist of:
 One or more helping (auxiliary) verbs
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E.g. am, is, are, was, were has, had, will be
 A for of the main verb (participle) often ending in ‘ing’
or ‘ed’
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E.g. wandering, asked
What is an auxiliary verb?
 An auxiliary verb is also called a helper verb
 E.g. am, is, are, was, were, has had, will be, will have
been
 It comes before some verbs
 Not all sentences have an auxiliary
Sentences with no auxiliary verb
 I played football last night
 I walk this way to school every day
 I like chocolate
Can you identify the verbs in these sentences?
Here are some sentences with missing
auxiliary verbs – can you suggest
replacements?
 I _____ walking along the dusty road.
 Tomorrow I ___ swim for my school.
 I __ very good at maths.
 Dad _____ the dishes because mum cooks the tea.
 I ___ spell all of the words on my list.
To do
do, does, did
 These are followed by the base form of a verb
 e.g. I do work very hard.
 Johnny does try his best.
 They did win the game last week.
 Put each of these auxiliaries into a sentence of your
own
To have
Have, has, had
 These are followed by the past participle of the next
verb
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e.g.
I have eaten all of my food.
John has climbed Ben Nevis.
Debbie had hidden all of Paul’s pencils.
Fill in possible participles
 I am ____ to the park.
 Kylie is _______ along to the radio.
 I was ______ by a better player
 They were _______ past the gates when they saw a
dog.
Separation by an Adverb
 Auxillary verbs can often be separated from the particple by
an adverb
 E.g. Mandy is probably waiting at home.
(Compound verb = is waiting, Adverb = probably)
Fill in the missing word
 Fish is usually ______ with chips.
 I am not ______ well today
 Emily will usually _______ chocolate ice cream