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# auxiliary

«auxiliary» in Mova's school dictionary: **adjective: Giving extra help or support: an auxiliary…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (auxiliary); noun (an auxiliary, auxiliaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) adjective: Giving extra help or support: an auxiliary engine is a backup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#m1)

2) noun (grammar): A helping verb, like be, have or do, used with another verb: «She IS running», «I HAVE eaten». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#m2)

3) noun: A helper or extra worker, like a nursing auxiliary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In grammar lessons, auxiliary verbs make tenses, questions and negatives; modal verbs (can, will, must) are also auxiliaries. In everyday life, auxiliary staff and auxiliary power help. Phrases: «auxiliary verb», «auxiliary power».

### examples

- In «I am eating», «am» is the auxiliary verb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x1)
- The ship used its auxiliary engine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x2)
- «Do» is the auxiliary in «Do you like it?». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x3)
- She works as a nursing auxiliary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x4)
- The hospital has auxiliary power if the lights go out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x5)
- Underline the auxiliary verbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/#x6)

### note

Spelling trap: auxil-i-ary. Said «awg-ZIL-ya-ree».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «auxiliary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auxiliary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.