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Primary Auxiliaries Exercise

September 18, 2021 - A2pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate primary auxiliary verb.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1. …………………….. you have a car?
Wrong!
Use do with you. In the simple present tense, we make questions and negatives with do and does.
2. What ……………………. you doing there?
Wrong!
The present continuous form is made with is/am/are + ing. Use are with you.
3. What ……………………. you want?
Wrong!
In the simple present tense, we make questions and negatives with do or does.
4. She ……………………. arrived yet.
Wrong!
The past participle is used with has/have.
5. It ……………………. stopped raining since yesterday.
Wrong!
The past participle is used with has or have.
6. You ……………………. never helped me with anything.
Wrong!
7. We ………………………. waiting for them.
Wrong!
Use is/am/are with the ing form.
8. Why …………………….. you looking at me like that?
Wrong!
9. What ……………………… you do then?
Wrong!
In the simple past we make questions with did.
10. Whom …………………….. you want to meet?
Wrong!
11. She said that she ……………………… coming.
Wrong!
When the main verb is in the past tense, the other verbs too should be in the past tense.
12. She ……………………… know who I am.
Wrong!
In the simple present, we make questions and negatives with do and does.
Done.
Score: 0/12

Answers

  1. Do you have a car?
  2. What are you doing there?
  3. What do you want?
  4. She hasn’t arrived yet.
  5. It hasn’t stopped raining since yesterday.
  6. You have never helped me with anything.
  7. We are waiting for them.
  8. Why are you looking at me like that?
  9. What did you do then?
  10. Whom do you want to meet?
  11. She said that she was coming.
  12. She doesn’t know who I am.
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