An auxiliary verb is one which helps other verbs to make tenses, passive forms etc. There are two groups – primary auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries.
Primary auxiliaries
Be, do, have and their various forms are called primary auxiliaries.
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Should, other uses
Should have + past participle
The structure should have + past participle can be used to talk about past events which did not happen.
- I should have sent the money this morning, but I forgot.
This structure can also be used to talk about past events which may or may not have happened.
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Should
Should is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular.
- He should be here soon. (NOT He shoulds …)
- You should mend your ways.
Should is followed by an infinitive without to. Questions and negatives are made without do.
- You should go now.
- Should I go now?
- No, you should not.
Note that should is the past equivalent of shall in indirect speech.
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Shall
Shall is a modal auxiliary verb. It is followed by an infinitive without to. Shall has no –s in the third person singular.
- I shall be home soon.
- We shall invite them to dinner.
- I think I shall send him a wire.
- We shall be leaving for Delhi tomorrow.
Questions and negatives are made without do.
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Would
Would is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no -s in the third person singular. Would is followed by an infinitive without to.
- He said he would try his best to help me.
- I would like to know what my duty is.
- The doctor said he would visit the patient.
Questions and negatives are made without do.
- Would you like some coffee? (NOT Do you would like …)
Would and Will
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Might
Might is a modal auxiliary verb. It is followed by an infinitive without to. There is no –s in the third person singular.
- It might rain this evening.
Questions and negatives are made without do.
- We might not be home before evening.
Might does not have infinitives or participles. When necessary, we use other words.
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Could
Could is a modal auxiliary verb. There is no –s in the third person singular.
Could is used to indicate ability that existed in the past. It is followed by an infinitive without to.
- In my younger days I could run four miles at a stretch.
- Till last year I could read without glasses.
Questions and negatives are made without do.
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Child’s play
You use the expression child’s play when you mean that something is very easy to do.Examples:
I finished the test very quickly. It was child’s play!
Stop trying to fix the car and call a professional mechanic to do the job. This is not child’s play.
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