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What are the 15 helping verbs?

There are more than 15 helping verbs, but the most common ones are:

Forms of "to be":

1. am

2. is

3. are

4. was

5. were

6. being

7. been

Forms of "to have":

8. have

9. has

10. had

11. having

Forms of "to do":

12. do

13. does

14. did

Other common helping verbs:

15. will

16. shall

17. may

18. might

19. can

20. could

21. must

22. should

23. would

Remember, helping verbs work with main verbs to create verb phrases. For example, in the sentence "I have been studying," "have" and "been" are helping verbs, while "studying" is the main verb.

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