Auxiliary verbs: be - do - have

1. Auxiliary verbs
(do, be, have)
Ms. Alanoud Aljohani

3. Be
Sentence Tense
I am learning English at Taibah University.
Were you listening to me?
They are reading.
They were studying for the IELTS test.
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
Present progressive
Past progressive

4. Be
Present
Progressive
Past Progressive

6. Do
Sentence Tense
Do you speak English?
She does not like coffee.
Did you call your friend?
She didn’t do her home work.
Simple present
Simple present
Simple past
Simple past

7. Do
Simple Present Simple Past

9. Have
Sentence Tense
Have you got a dog?
I have not got a lot of time.
Has she left yet?
Arwa hasn’t left yet.
Present perfect
Present perfect
Present perfect
Present perfect
- Use have with the present perfect

11. Contractions with auxiliary verbs
• ’m = am (I’m)
• ’re = are (you’re, we’re, they’re)
• ’s = is and has (he’s, she’s, it’s)
• ’ve = have (you’ve, we’ve, they’ve)
• didn’t = did not (I didn’t, they didn’t)
• isn’t = is not (she isn’t, it isn’t)
• aren’t = are not (we aren’t, you aren’t)

13. Resources
• Craven, Miles, and Kristin Donnalley Sherman.
Q:Skills for Success, Listening and Speaking 3.
Oxford, 2016.
• McCarthy, Chris. “Be, Do and Have Auxiliary
Verbs.” English Language Centers, 5 Feb. 2014,
07:50,
www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/be-
do-and-have-auxiliary-verbs.