English Verbs

Some examples of auxiliary verbs include:

• She is cooking dinner for us tonight.
• Does he play the ukulele?
• They have finished the assignment.
• He was reading a book during lunchtime.
• I did call you last night.

Modal verbs are placed right before the base form of the main verb in a sentence and help express possibility, ability, or necessity. Note that the main verbs used after the modal verbs do not take '-s', '-es', or '-ing' at the end of the verb.

Examples:

• She can sing beautifully.
• It might rain later today.
• He should apologize for his bad behavior.
• You must complete your work before the deadline.

Yes, 'cut' is an irregular verb, and its base, simple past, and past participle verb forms are the same.

Cut -> Cut -> Cut

Example:

• I cut vegetables everyday. (Present Tense)
• Yesterday, I cut my finger while chopping vegetables. (Past Tense)
• I have cut the paper in half. (Perfect Tense)

No, modal verbs such as may, must, will, shall, can, could, would, and should are not classified as irregular verbs because modal verbs do not change their forms into past and past participle. However, the modal verbs have their separate category, known as auxiliary or helping verbs.

Example:

• Can has a past form; could, but no past participle.
• Will becomes would in reported speech.

Below are some of the most commonly used irregular verbs:

There are around 200 commonly used irregular verbs in English. However, this number may vary depending on the classification. Some of the examples of frequently used irregular verbs in everyday conversation are: Go, Do, Have, Get, Make, See, Come, Take, etc.

No, irregular verbs are usually divided into these groups:

• Group 1: All Three Forms Are Different: Begin -> Began -> Begun
• Group 2: Two Forms Are Same: Bring -> Brought -> Brought
• Group 3: All Three Forms Are Same: Hit -> Hit -> Hit

The verbs that do not follow a specific pattern of forming the past tense and past participle by simply adding the suffixes '-d' and '-ed' to the base verbs are known as irregular verbs. Instead, these verbs either change entirely, stay the same in V2 & V3, or follow some other unique transformations.

Example:

• Go -> Went -> Gone
• Rise -> Rose -> Risen
• Break -> Broke -> Broken

Modal Verbs or Modal Auxiliary Verbs are the helping verbs that help express the mood or attitude of the speaker. Simply put, modal verbs help describe the ability, necessity, permission, possibility, or obligation in a sentence. Modal Verbs are used before the V1 form of a main verb and do not change with the change in subject.

Modal Verbs include will, would, shall, should, can, could, might, need to, ought to, etc.

Below are 10 examples of the different forms of a verb: