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Topic 18 – Location in time: temporal relations. Frequency.

First of all we have to make a distinction between auxiliary verbs (do, be, have) which are used to form the tenses of ordinary verbs, and modal auxiliary verbs, which are auxiliary verbs but also convey modal meaning (possibility, probability, future, condition, etc).

AUXILIARY VERBS

BE

IMPERSONAL:

EMPTY SUBJECT

NATURAL PHENOMENA

TIME AND DATE

DISTANCE

CLEFT SENTENCES

AUXILIARY

CONTINUOUS

PASSIVE

BE GOING TO

BE ABOUT TO, BE TO

BE TO INFINITIVE: obligation, certain future,

LINKING VERB

FULL VERB: EXIST HAVE

AUXILIARY VERB: PERFECT TENSES HAVE TO CAUSATIVE HAVE POSSESSION TAKE, CELEBRATE, EXPERIENCE, EAT, DRINK, ENCOUNTER (TROUBLES) DO AUXILIARY IMPERATIVE AVOID REPETITION OF THE PREVIOUS VERB

ADDITIONS TO REMARKS and so do I QUESTIONS TAGS: don´t you?

SHORT ANSwERS: yes he did DO + ING do the shopping FULL VERB DO / MAKE:

When we don´t say exactly what activity is done: what are you doing

Make implies the idea of construction: make a cake, a castle of sand, a kite, a carving…

In other cases there are no general rules:

Do harm, good, business, a favour, homework

Make an offer, a suggestion, a decision, an effort, an excuse, a mistake, a noise, a phone call, the best of, love, war, a bed!

MODALS SEMIMODALS

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