List of Helping Verbs of All Tenses
there is a list of helping verbs and how they represent the different tenses:
Serial Number |
Tense |
Name of Helping Verb |
1 |
Present Continuous | Is |
2 |
Present Perfect | Has |
3 |
Present Perfect Continuous | Has been |
4 |
Past Continuous | Was |
5 |
Past Perfect | Has not |
6 |
Past Perfect Continuous | Had been |
7 |
Future Continuous | Will be |
8 |
Future Perfect | Will have |
9 |
Future Perfect Continuous | Will have been |
Helping Verb: Definition, Types and Examples
In English grammar, a Helping verb is a verb that comes before a main verb or lexical verb in a sentence. An auxiliary/helping verb and a main verb together form a verb phrase. Helping verbs & auxiliary verbs are mostly equal. we often get confused about how to use main verbs and helping verbs in sentences. In this article, we will try to understand how a helping verb can be used.