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Auxiliary verb

British pronunciation/ɔːksˈɪliəɹɪ vˈɜːb/
American pronunciation/ɔːksˈɪliəɹi vˈɜːb/
Auxiliary verb
[NOUN]
1

a verb that is used with other verbs to indicate tense, voice, etc., such as do, have, and be

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Examples
1Imperatives have no auxiliary verb.
2The past perfect continuous sentence has different auxiliary verbs.
3The auxiliary verb matches the subject.
4Auxiliary verbs are function words.
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