What Kind of Verb Is HAS in the Following Sentence?

by Mikayla
(Free State)

What kind of verb is 'has' in the following sentence?

"She has done her work."

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Dec 14, 2012
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by: Chelsey

Good question!

"She has done her work."

In this sentence, the word has is being used as an auxiliary verb (also called a helping verb).

An auxiliary verb is a verb that is used together with a main verb to express an action or state of being.

Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb = Complete Thought

These are some common auxiliary verbs:

be, am, is, are, was, were, do, did, have, has, had

In addition, the main verb in this sentence is "done", which means finished or completed.

Done is a type of verb that is a past participle (meaning it happened already), and it must always have an auxiliary verb before it.

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