Exercise 6

Write in the blank space before each sentence the number of the

paragraph which governs the use of the helping verb _do_ or _did_ in

that sentence.

1. ...... Slaves do not think; they obey.

2. ...... Men do not obey; they think.

3. ...... Do you know that two per cent of the people own sixty per

cent of the wealth?

4. ...... The children of the masses do not have the opportunity to

attend school.

5. ...... Did not every nation claim a war for defense?

6. ...... "We did not dare to breathe a prayer,

Or give our anguish scope."

7. ...... We do desire the freedom of the people.

8. ...... We did hope that war might be averted.

+Let us sum up the auxiliary or helping verbs.+

+184.+ Helping verbs are used to express:

+The different time forms+--_shall_, _will_, _have_, _had_, _be_.

+Power to do or to be+--_can_, _could_, _might_.

+Permission+--_may_ and _might_.

+Possibility+--_may_ and _might_.

+Obligation+--_must_, _ought_ and _should_.

+Necessity+--_must_.

+Condition+--_would_.

Mark the helping verbs in the following exercise:

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