auxiliary verbs

correct: I work not in a law firm downtown.

I do not work in a law firm downtown.

correct by rewriting with emphasis on 'at no point': They told us what the problem was at no point.

At no point did they tell us what the problem was.

subject-auxiliary inversion is commonly used to create

interrogative sentences and conditional sentences (formal)

example of inversion with conditional sentences

Were I to move to Florida, I would be warm all year round.

The primary auxiliary verbs can be used as a ___ in a clause, and is able to conjugate to reflect ___, ___, or ___

a main verb, plurality, tense, or aspect

primary auxiliary verbs

be, do, and have

list of auxiliary verbs

be, do, have, can, could, will, would, shall, should, must, may, might, ought to, used to, need, dare

modal auxiliary verbs are

can, could, will, would, shall, should, must, may, and might

auxiliary verbs are used to

create different tenses or aspects, to form negatives and interrogatives, or to add emphasis to a sentence.

semi-modal auxiliary verbs are

ought to, used to, need, and dare

auxiliary verbs are used to create ___ (tenses).

the future simple tense, and continuous and perfect tenses.

in this sentence "Under no circumstances are you spending the night there." the emphasis is on...

the negative phrase 'under no circumstances'

inversion is

the reversal of the normal position of the subject and the auxiliary verb

The modal auxiliary verbs (can, unable to) conjugate into different forms

unable

what are auxiliary verbs?

verbs that add functional meaning to other "main" verbs in a clause.