If you are aiming for a high band score in IELTS Writing and IELTS Speaking, it’s important to reduce the number of errors you are making.
One problem area is using auxiliary verbs like ‘do’, ‘have’ and ‘be’ correctly.
In this video, test your knowledge of auxiliary verbs, then learn how to use them correctly. Then test yourself again with the quiz below the video.
do
- use with infinitive to form questions and negatives
- I do not agree with this view.
- Why do they do that?
be
- use with –ing form to form continuous tenses
- I am studying French in Paris.
- Are you studying in the library today?
have
- use with past participle to form perfect tenses
- I have studied in Paris for six months.
- I have had a bad back for years.
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