1) The document discusses various types of verbs in English including auxiliary verbs, modal auxiliary verbs, primary verbs, and main verbs. 2) It provides examples of how these different verb types are used in sentences, including how auxiliary verbs help express tense. 3) Key verb types discussed include be, do, have, and modal verbs like can, may, will which are used along with main verbs to form sentences in different tenses.

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Today, we are going to learn
Verbs in tenses

2. VERB
• Verbs are two types
1) Auxiliary verb (Helping verb)
I. Modal auxiliary verbs
II. Primary verbs
2) Main verbs (ordinary verbs)
Can
May
Could
Will
Am/Is/Are
Was/Were
Do/Does/Did
Have/Has
Modal verbs
Primary verbs
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3. MODAL AUXILIARY VERB
• An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility .
Example: I can do it.
I may join you.
He should study well.
she must do it.
I can do it.
Main verb
(Infinitive verb)
Helping verb
(Modal auxiliary verb)
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4. PRIMARY VERB
• Primary auxiliary verbs work as helping verb and main verb.
• The primary auxiliary verbs are ‘‘be, have, do’’.
 Be – ‘‘,U’’ as main verb
In present tense;
am/is/are
In past tense;
was/were
In future tense;
will + be
Example:
I am a teacher.
He is at his home.
They are in the park.
She was in Colombo yesterday.
We were at the class at this time yesterday.
I will be Colombo tomorrow.
Auxiliary verb Main verb
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5. PRIMARY VERB
 Be as helping verb
In present tense;
am/is/are
Example:
I am learning English now.
She is sleeping.
They are playing cricket these days.
I am learning English now.
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6. PRIMARY VERB
In past tense;
was/were
In Future tense;
will + be + main verb
Example:
He was playing football yesterday.
They were chatting in the classroom.
Example:
I will be teaching English tomorrow.
She will be playing football.
will + be +main verb
Helping verb
(Infinitive verb)
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7. PRIMARY VERB
Do + not= don’t
Does + not= doesn’t
Did +not= didn’t
Have + not= haven’t
Has + not= hasn’t
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8. DO/DOES
 As we looked through above, every primary verb work as helping verb/
verbs and a main verb in a sentence.
Do as a main verb
In present tense;
do/does
For singular subject, we use ‘‘does’’.
For plural subject, we use ‘‘do’’.
Example:
I do my works myself.
He goes to school everyday.
She wakes up early morning 5’o clock.
They go to Colombo every weekends.
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9. DO/DOES
As a helping verb; Don’t=do+not
Doesn’t=does+not
Example:
I don’t drink coffee.
Do you drink coffee?
Main verb
Infinitive verb
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10. DO/DOES
Example:
 I go(do) to school everyday.
 I don’t go to school everyday.
Or
I do not go to school everyday.
 Do you go to school everyday?
 Do you not go to school everyday?
or
Don’t you go to school everyday?
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11. DO/DOES
Example:
 He goes (does) to school everyday.
 He doesn’t go to school everyday.
Or
He does not go to school everyday.
 Does he go to school everyday?
 Does he not go to school everyday?
or
Doesn’t he go to school everyday?
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12. DID
In past tense;
As a helping verb ‘‘did’’
Example as main verb:
I did it myself.
Example:
I went to school yester day.
I didn’t go to school yesterday.
Didn’t=did+not
Helping verb
Main verb
Infinitive verb
Did you go to school yesterday?
went
go
go
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13. DID
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Went(did) = go + did
played(did) = play + did
learnt(did) = learn + did
worked(did) = work + did
Note: If we take the helping verb out, the main automatically will take
the place of infinitive verb form.
In this current slide page shows
infinitive verb.

14. DID
• Example:
He sent(did) me a letter. Sent – simple past verb
Did he send me a letter? Send – infinitive verb
He didn’t send ma e latter. Send – infinitive verb
Note: here, the main verb send is not simple present verb, and
it is a infinitive verb.
when the helping verb appear, the verb automatically will be
changed into infinitive verb form.(In simple present & past tense)
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15. HAVE
 Have as a main verb
In present tense;
Have / Has
For singular
subjective
Example:
I have a pen.
She has a great life.
Raja & Ravi have a great future.
I have a pen.
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16. HAVE
In past tense;
Had I had an iPhone.
Example:
I had a friend like you 2 years ago.
He had a dog as a pet.
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17. HAVE
 Have as helping verb
In present tense;
Have/Has
Example:
They have gone to Colombo.
It has been finished.
She has had dinner.
She has gone to Nuweraliya.
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18. HAVE
In the past;
Had
Example:
I had been in London.
She had chosen him as a boy friend.
The toy had been made by Mr. Ravi.
He had worked in airport for 6 years.
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19. MAIN VERB
• Verb refers to action.
Example: go, write, learn, played, drawn
• Main verbs are 5 types
1. Infinitive verb (Base form) Go Play Learn
2. Simple present verb Go/Goes Play/Plays Learn/Learns
3. Simple past verb Went Played Learnt
4. Present participle verb Going Playing Learning
5. Past participle verb Gone Played Learnt
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20. MAIN VERB
• In 12 tenses, we always use those 5 main verb for describing actions
• Helping verbs help find the tense of the sentences, and make sentences
grammatically correct.
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Example:
01. I go to school every day.
02. I went to school yesterday.
03. I will go to school tomorrow.
04. I am going to school now.

21. MAIN VERB
05. I was going to school at this time yesterday.
06. I will be going to school at this time tomorrow.
07. I have gone to school.
08. I had gone to school.
09. I will have gone to school.
10. I have been going to school since 2002.
11. I had been going to school for 10 years/from 2002 to 2022.
12. I will have been going to school from 2023 to 2025.
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22. Pronouns chart
SUBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE ADJECTIVE POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE
I me my mine myself
We us our ours ourselves
You you your yours yourselves
They them their theirs themselves
He him his his himself
She her her hers herself
It it its - itself
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Note: Subjective pronouns are ever used as first word in the sentence.
Example: I went to cinema.
He goes to meet Mr. Ravi every weekend.
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