Fill in the blanks with an appropriate primary auxiliary verb.
1. She .......................... not have a job.
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
2. ............................. you heard from them yet?
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
3. We ......................... not throw away anything useful.
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
4. ............................ you know her?
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
5. What ............................ you do then?
Then indicates distance in space; hence, did is used here.
6. Where ............................. they live?
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
7. Whom ................................ you want to meet?
Have is followed by a past participle; do and does are followed by bare infinitives.
8. How ............................. they escape?
Have is followed by a past participle; do, does and did are followed by bare infinitives.
9. He ............................... got a number of friends.
Has indicates possession.
10. ............................. they interested in this offer?
Be (is, am, are, was, were) shows state; have shows possession.
11. ........................... I late?
Am indicates state. Have indicates possession.
12. We ........................... no one to help us.
Answers
- She does not have a job.
- Have you heard from them yet?
- We do not throw away anything useful.
- Do you know her?
- What did you do then?
- Where do they live?
- Whom do you want to meet?
- How did they escape?
- He has got a number of friends.
- Are they interested in this offer?
- Am I late?
- We have no one to help us.
