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AUXILIARY VERBS A brief approach Auxiliary & Modal verbs are used in the following cases: 1. To avoid repeating the main verb / verb phrase: – Eg. ‘I like cats but my husband doesn’t (like cats) 2. So+aux.+subject with a positive verb & Neither (or nor)+aux.+subject with a negative verb to say that sb. or sth. is the same. – – Eg. A.‘I loved his latest novel’. B.‘So did I’. Eg. A. ‘I haven’t finished yet’.B. ‘Neither/Nor have I’. Auxiliary & Modal verbs: 3. To say that sb. or sth. Is different: – 4. To make ‘reply questions’ to show interest or surprise: – Eg. A. ‘I don’t like shopping online’. B. ‘I do’. Eg. A.‘I went to a psychic yesterday’. B. ‘Did you?’ 5. To show emphasis in a positive sentence: Eg. A- ‘You didn’t lock the door!’. B. ‘I did lock it’. Auxiliaries & Modal verbs: 6. To make question tags, usually to check information. We use a posit. aux. with a negative verb, and a negat. aux. with a positive verb. – – Eg. ‘You won’t forget, will you?’ Eg. ‘She can’t speak Italian, can’t she?’