auxiliaries
Past simple
DID
per tutti i verbi, che siano regolari o irregolari si usaDID per formare la domandaSHE WENT TO PARISSHE LIVED IN ROMEDID+SOGGETTO+FORMA BASE SENZA TO+il resto della frase?DID SHE GO TO PARIS?DID SHE LIVE IN ROME?e la frase negativaSOGGETTO+DID+NOT+FORMA BASE SENZA TO+il resto della fraseSHE DIDN'T GO TO PARISSHE DIDN'T LIVE IN ROME
WAS, WERE
Il verbo essere è sempre ausiliare anche al past tense, quindi per fare la frase interrogativa è sufficiente invertire soggetto e verboSHE WAS VERY TIRED.WAS SHE VERY TIRED?WE WERE AT HOME.WERE WE AT HOME?per formare la frase negativa basta aggiungere il NOTSHE WASN'T VERY TIRED.WE WEREN'T AT HOME.
Present simple
to be to have got
sono ausiliari quindi per formare la frase negativa è sufficiente aggiungere NOT SHE IS CAREFUL SHE HAS GOT SOME FRIENDSSHE ISN'T CAREFULSHE HASN'T GOT ANY FRIENDSper formare la frase interrogativa basta fare l'inversione soggetto verboIS SHE CAREFUL?HAS SHE GOT ANY FRIENDS?ATTENZIONE!!!! IL VERBO AVERE E' AUSILIARE QUANDO E' ACCOMPAGNATO DAL GOT
do-does
TUTTI I VERBI CHE NON SONO ESSERE, AVERE, O I MODALI HANNO BISOGNO DELL'AUSILIARE DO- TERZA PERSONA DOESI COOK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.DO YOU COOK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY?I DON'T COOK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.SHE TEXTS HER FRIENDS.DOES SHE TEXT HER FRIENDS?SHE DOESN'T TEXT HER FRIENDS.
Modals
CAN
CAN I GO TO THE TOILET, PLEASE?SHE CAN WRITE CHINESE.SHE CAN'T WRITE CHINESE.
SHALL
SHALL WE LEAVE?
WOULD
WOULD YOU LIKE + TO ...?WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN PARIS?I WOULDN'T GO TO LIVE IN MALTA.
MUST
MUST YOU DO SO MUCH NOISE?YOU MUSTN'T CHEW IN CLASS.
Present continuous
to be
ovviamente essendo il present continuous formato con il presente del verbo essere e la forma in -ingI AM LIVING WITH A NEW FRIEND.ARE YOU LIVING WITH A NEW FRIEND?I 'M NOT LIVING WITH A NEW FRIEND.