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Synonyms and antonyms of Auxiliary verbs in American Thesaurus

Auxiliary verbs

be (verb)

used for forming the progressive tenses of verbs, that are used for showing actions that are in progress at a particular point in time

be (verb)

used for forming the passive form of verbs

do (verb)

used before another verb for forming a question or a negative

do (verb)

used in a question tag at the end of a sentence when you are asking someone to agree with you, or when you are asking for information

do (verb)

used when you are politely trying to persuade someone to do something

done ()

used by some people as an auxiliary verb for saying that something has already happened, for example in sentences such as “I done shot him. This use is not considered correct.

have (verb)

used for forming the perfect tenses of verbs. The perfect tenses are used for talking about what happened or began before now or another point in time