Helping Verbs

 Be  Am  Is  Are  Was  Were  Been  Being

Do  Does  Did

Have  Has  Had

Can  Could

May  Might

Shall Should

Will Would

Must

Charleston, South Carolina in 1968.

We learned these in Mr. Houck's fourth or fifth grade English class at Porter-Gaud School.

Mr. Houck taught us to remember them to the tune of "Taps".

I still remember them 55 years later, along with "It's always means it is".

Funny the stuff that stays with you.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't appreciate Mr. Houck at the time.