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Lesson duration is: 50 min
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The Present Simple
Grammar
The verb - to do
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The Present Simple
To do
In the present tense, the verb 'to do' is used in the following patterns:
1. in negative sentences:
Many people do not like Donald Trump.
Miss van Kampen does not teach English.
2. in questions:
Do I look nice today?
What does he mean?
3. in short answers:
Yes, I do.
No, I don't.
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The Present Simple
Questions
How do we make a question with the verb 'to do' ?
Just like with 'to be', we switch 'to do' with the subject to make a question.
Is he at school?
Are they together?
Do you like chocolate?
Does she play any sports?
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The Present Simple
Questions
When you want to make a question with words like: what, why, when, where, who, which or when
Then the verb 'to do' becomes the second word in the sentence instead of the first.
Why do you like him?
What does it mean?
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The Present Simple
Negations
Negations or negative means that something is 'not'.
'to do' is a helping verb. It helps the main verb by giving meaning to a sentence.
If we want to make a sentence negative
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The Present Simple
Negations
For the next exercise, turn the normal sentences using to be, into negative sentences. Pay attention to capital letters, and full stops, and the shortened form!
Use short forms! There are two ways of doing this:
I am = I'm not
You are not = You're not / You aren't
she is not = she's not / she isn't
They are not = They're not / They aren't
We are not = We're not / We aren't
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The Present Simple
Write five sentences using the verb to do
Can you use the shortened form (negative) as well?