GRADE 4
Name:
There are 23 auxiliary verbs. An auxiliary verb is a helping verb
that helps the main verb. For example We are playing (are is the
auxiliary verb).
The “Big Three” auxiliary verbs are “be,” “have” and “do” in all their
forms. That includes: be, been, am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had,
do, does, did.
1. Let’s sing an auxiliary verb
song
This is sung to the tune of
‘London Bridge is falling down’
Be am is are was were been
Has have had
Do does did
Can could shall should will
would may
Might must being
(Idea adapted from
http://goo.gl/yiIBNx )
2. Play auxiliary verbs musical chairs
You will need: chairs, singers, someone to stop the singing
Instructions:
• First learn the song above fluently
• Choose a group of singers and a musical director to stop the singing
immediately
• Arrange chairs in a circle
• Learners circle the chairs while the singers sing. As soon as the musical director
stops the singers, they sit down
• Anyone who doesn’t have a chair is out
• One chair is taken away each time
3. Write sentences
In your class workbooks, make sentences with each auxiliary verb mentioned in the
song. Underline the auxiliary verbs in the sentences that you write.
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Grade 4 English Home Language Term 2 Weeks 7&8: Unit ‘Let’s have fun’: Language structures and conventions: auxiliary verbs: PG 4
Have fun with Auxiliary verbs