Question

What are the helping verbs in this sentence?

Aunt Emma must have called first thing in the morning.

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
must

B.
first

C.
called

D.
have

Answer 1

Any ideas?

Answer 2

nope.

Answer 3

Helping verbs are verbs that, as their name suggests, help the main verb in a sentence by extending the meaning of the verb.

Answer 4

Well I thought it was A, B

Answer 5

B does not help the main verb.

Answer 6

oh.

Answer 7

There are 23 verbs that can be used as helping verbs in English:

be (including am, is, are, was, were, been)
have, has had
do, does, did
can
could
may
might
will
would
shall
should
must
ought to

Answer 8

So Must And Have ?.

Answer 9

Yes. They extend meaning.