{"id":73824,"date":"2020-04-06T10:16:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73824"},"modified":"2024-08-03T16:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T16:52:34","slug":"do-as-an-ordinary-verb-and-an-auxiliary-verb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/do-as-an-ordinary-verb-and-an-auxiliary-verb\/","title":{"rendered":"Do As An Ordinary Verb And An Auxiliary Verb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do has three forms &#8211; do, does and did. As an auxiliary verb, do is used to make questions and negatives.<\/p>\n<p>She works hard. (Statement)<\/p>\n<p>Does she work hard. (Question)<\/p>\n<p>She does not work hard. (Negative)<\/p>\n<p>She went to the party.<\/p>\n<p>Did she go to the party?<\/p>\n<p>She didn&#8217;t go to the party.<\/p>\n<h2>As an Auxiliary Verb<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/primary-auxiliary-verbs\/\">auxiliary<\/a>\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>is used to make emphatic, interrogative and\u00a0negative\u00a0verb forms. It is followed by an\u00a0infinitive without to.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li><b>Did\u00a0<\/b>you\u00a0<b>post\u00a0<\/b>the letters?<\/li>\n<li><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>you like football?<\/li>\n<li>This\u00a0<b>doesn\u2019t<\/b>\u00a0taste very nice<\/li>\n<li><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>sit down.<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>admit that I was wrong.<\/li>\n<li>He\u00a0<b>did come.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that we use\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>to make\u00a0questions\u00a0and\u00a0negatives\u00a0with ordinary\u00a0verbs, but not with other auxiliary verbs.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Do you like dancing? (NOT Like you dancing?)<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t like reading. (NOT I like not reading.)<\/li>\n<li>Are they sleeping? (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>Do they are sleeping?)<\/li>\n<li>I will not come. (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>I do not will come.)<\/li>\n<li>Will you help me? (<b>NOT\u00a0<\/b>Do you will help me?)<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t see anything. (<b>NOT<\/b>\u00a0I do not can see anything.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>To make imperative sentences<\/h3>\n<p><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>can be used with\u00a0<b>be\u00a0<\/b>to make\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/imperative\/\">imperative<\/a>\u00a0sentences.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li><b>Don&#8217;t be\u00a0<\/b>silly!<\/li>\n<li><b>Do be\u00a0<\/b>quite!<\/li>\n<li><b>Do be\u00a0<\/b>a good child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>As an ordinary verb<\/h2>\n<p><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>is also an ordinary verb. The ordinary verb\u00a0<b>do<\/b>\u00a0can refer to almost any kind of activity.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>What were you\u00a0<b>doing\u00a0<\/b>in the morning?<\/li>\n<li>What did you\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>then?<\/li>\n<li><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>as I tell you.<\/li>\n<li>It was a stupid thing to\u00a0<b>do.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t you\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>it yourself?<\/li>\n<li>You are a grown up man now. You should be able to\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>things on your own.<\/li>\n<li><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>with me what you like.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t know what I\u00a0<b>did\u00a0<\/b>to make her angry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0<b>auxiliary do\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>ordinary do\u00a0<\/b>can sometimes occur together.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>What\u00a0<b>did\u00a0<\/b>you\u00a0<b>do\u00a0<\/b>then? (Did &#8211; auxiliary, do- ordinary)<\/li>\n<li>I\u00a0<b>don&#8217;t do\u00a0<\/b>well in mathematics. (Don&#8217;t-auxiliary, do- ordinary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that the\u00a0<b>ordinary do\u00a0<\/b>has infinitives (to do, to be done) and participles (doing, done).<\/p>\n<h3>Do &#8211; Other uses<\/h3>\n<p><b>Do\u00a0<\/b>can be used to avoid repeating a\u00a0verb\u00a0or a verb\u00a0phrase.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>She looks much younger than her husband\u00a0<b>does.\u00a0<\/b>(= \u2026her husband looks.)<\/li>\n<li>May I join you? Please\u00a0<b>do.\u00a0<\/b>(= Please join us.)<\/li>\n<li>Who said that? I\u00a0<b>did.\u00a0<\/b>(= I said that.)<\/li>\n<li>I thought I would take a day off school today. No you\u00a0<b>don&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/b>(= You are not going to take a day off.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do has three forms &#8211; do, does and did. As an auxiliary verb, do is used to make questions and negatives. She works hard. (Statement) Does she work hard. 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