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Main verb is an action word which describes an action or movement. For Example: Read, Write, Speak, Sing, Play etc.
A main verb usually has five forms:
1. Base form – Speak
2. S – es form – Speaks
3. Past form – Spoke
4. Past Participle form – Spoken
5. Present Participle form – Speaking
Use of the different forms of verbs 1. We use the base form of the verb in the present tense with the following nouns / pronouns:
I , We, You, They and Plural Nouns like boys, girls etc.
Ex. (i) I go to school everyday
(ii) Boys play in the evening.
2. We use s-es with the base form of the verb in the present tense with the following nouns / pronouns:
He, She, It and singular forms of nouns as boy, girl etc.
(i) He goes to school everyday.
(ii) The Sun rises in the east.
3. We use the past form of the verb in the past tense with any noun / pronoun.
(iii) He wrote a letter.
(iv) You sang a song.
4. We use the past participle form of the verb with has, have or had.
(v) He has finished his work.
(vi) The train has just left.
5. We use the present participle form of the main verb with is, am, are was and were.
(vii) I am reading a book.
(viii) You are telling a lie.
(ix) He was sleeping at that time.
Exercise (Intermediate)

Put in the correct form of the verb from brackets.
1. He __________ Mumbai last year. (Leave)
2. The bell is __________ (ring)
3. The Sun __________ in the east. (rise)
4. The Sun is__________ now. (rise)
5. He always __________ his car fast. (drive)
6. I have already __________ my fees. (pay)
7. Ravi and Mohan __________ a dog yesterday. (kill)
8. We __________ everyday in the morning. (Walk)
9. This book __________ rupees thirty. (Cost)
10. My friend __________ in the afternoon. (Sleep)
11. The train has __________ near the bridge. (Stop)
12. She __________ very nice. (sign)
13. Ramesh__________ to office by car. (go)
14. Anuj __________ in the bathroom yesterday. (Slip)
15. He has just __________ the bell. (ring)
Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs. They help main verb in making a sentence negative and interrogative. There are two types of auxiliary verbs –
1. Prime auxiliary:- Be, Have, Do are called prime auxiliary.
BE- Is, am, are, was, were
Have - Has, Have, Had
Do - Do, Does, Did
2. Modal auxiliary:- There are ten modals or modal auxiliaries in English. They are: Can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should must and ought to. Each one of these modal auxiliaries has a special meaning. Modal auxiliaries are used before main verb or before other auxiliaries. They can not be used without main verbs.

Exercise (Elementary) Put in is / are / was / were/ has / have / do / does/ did
1. Mohan __________ lost his passport.
2. This building __________ built ten years ago.
3. When __________ you born?
4. Glass __________ made from sand.
5. She __________ already watched this film.
6. __________ the sun shining?
7. ________you feeling all right?
8. What time __________ the shops close?
9. What __________ this word mean?
10. __________ you go out last night?
11. Why __________ you go home early?
12. __________ Ravi live near you?
13. This photograph __________ taken a long time ago.
14. My friend __________ opened a new shop.
15. Where __________ he live?
 

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