Verbos auxiliares

Os verbos se classificam em auxiliares e principais. Os verbos auxiliares se dividem em primary auxiliary verbs e modal verbs. Primary auxiliary verbs Os verbos auxiliares primrios so aqueles que formam os tempos e aspectos verbais em ingls. So os verbos to be (ser, estar) e there to be (haver, existir), que sempre possuem significado, e os verbos to do e to have, que no possuem significado quando auxiliares. Os primary auxiliary verbs tm as seguintes caractersticas em comum:

Formam a negativa com a posposio de not e admitem contraes com esse advrbio:

Verb to be vide present simple vide present continuous vide future be going to Present am not are not is not No h contrao entre am e not aren't isn't

vide past continuous vide present perfect vide present perfect continuous vide past perfect continuous Present Verb to do vide present simple vide past simple do not does not don't doesn't Past was not were not wasn't weren't

Past did not didn't

Verb there to be vide tutorial Present there is not there are not there isn't there aren't

Past there was not there were not there wasn't there weren't

Verb to have vide present perfect vide present perfect continuous vide past perfect vide past perfect continuous

Present have not has not haven't hasn't

Perfect had not hadn't

Na interrogativa, os verbos auxiliares so antepostos ao sujeito da pergunta, e.g: Are you studying now? Is she Brazilian? What are they going to do tonight? Was there much food at the party?

Does she go to the gym every morning? Do you like reading books? What did she do last night? Have you ever been to Rome? How long has he been living here? Had we already left when they got there?

Vide Como formar perguntas em ingls

As respostas curtas (short answers) tambm so feitas com auxiliares: Do you like movies? Yes, I do. Have you ever eaten French snails? No, I haven't. Was she in love with John? Yes, she was. Were you born in 1980? No, I wasn't. Has she seen it yet? Yes, she has.

Modal verbs Os verbos modais tambm apresentam vrias caractersticas em comum:

No se flexionam no presente, isto , no recebem a desinncia -(e)s nas terceiras pessoas do presente (he, she, it);

Formam a negativa pela posposio de not e admitem contraes de forma geral;

Formam a interrogativa antepostos ao sujeito da frase;

Os verbos que os seguem no apresentam to, com algumas excees expressas na tabela abaixo;

Alguns modais so dotados de uma fora subjetiva, ou seja, declaram de modo mais preciso ou mais vago a inteno, suposio ou probabilidade na mente do falante, enquanto outros se referem realidade objetiva, que no depende de opinio ou vontade do falante ou do ouvinte. Para maiores informaes, visite o link Modal verbs.

Forma afirmativa can could may might should shall will would must ought to

Forma negativa cannot could not may not might not should not shall not will not would not must not ought not to do not have to

Contrao can't couldn't mayn't

(forma arcaica)

mightn't shouldn't shan't

(forma arcaica)

won't wouldn't mustn't oughtn't to don't have to doesn't have to didn't have to

have to

does not have to did not have to

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