The Table of Percentage Based On the Total of Do Errors Kinds of Auxiliary verb
Number of Errors Percentage based on the
total of errors
Do 237
13.52 Does
217 12.37
Did 182
10.37
TOTAL the errors in using Do auxiliaries
636 36.26
4.3.2 Errors of Using Have Auxiliaries • Have
John have gone to New York Students are asked to state whether the sentence is true or false. The right
answer is F false.
A. Question 4;
B. Question 17
…… you done your assignment . The students are asked to choose one of the words in the column which fits
the sentence. The right answer is d have
D. Question 38
We ….. met the teacher before Students are asked to give the right form of auxiliaries to correct the sentence.
The right answer is have.
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• Has B.
……… Anita bought an umbrella? Students are asked to state whether the sentence is true or false. The right
answer is g has
C. Question 12
My key………been stolen
Question 21
A. Has B. Was
C. Is The students are asked to choose one of the words in the column which fits
the sentence. The right answer is a.has
Discussion: D. Question 34
Her car ….. been repaired Students are asked to give the right form of auxiliaries to correct the sentence.
The right answer is has.
Forms of havehas are used to create tenses known as the present perfect. The perfect tense indicate that something has happened in the past; the present perfect
indicates that something happened and might be continuing to happen. Has is used for the 3
rd
person singular subjects Pronoun he, she, it and have is used for the others I, you, we, they. The formula is :
Havehas will be put in front of the subject to make an interrogative sentence and always occurred past participle form of verb. The formula will be :
Subject +Has Have + past Participle
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To make negative sentence, havehas will be put after the subject then it followed by not and participle. The formula will be:
• Had D. Question 36
She … done her work when they visited her Students are asked to give the right form of auxiliaries to correct the sentence.
The right answer is had.
Discussion:
Forms of had is used to create tenses known as the past perfect tense. The perfect tense indicate that something has happened in the past; the past perfect
indicates that something happened prior to something else happening. Had is used for all the subjects. The formula is :
Had will be put in front of the subject to make an interrogative sentence and always occurred past participle form of verb. The formula will be :
To make negative sentence, had will be put after the subject then it followed
Havehas + Subject + past participle ?
Subject + havehas + not + past participle
Subject + Had + past Participle
Had + Subject + past Pa Had
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by not and participle. The formula will be :
The Table of Percentage Based On the Total of Have Errors Kinds of Auxiliary verb
Number of Errors
Percentage based on the total of errors
Have 233
13.29 Has
247 14.08
Had 61
3.47
TOTAL the errors in using Have auxiliaries
541 30.84
4.3.3 Errors of Using Be Auxiliaries • Is
