Grammar - The verb 'to do'

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Revision of "to be"

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson  you..

- have practised with the verb to be

- you  know how to use the verb to do in positive, negative and quesion sentenses. 

I _____ a happy person

1. is
2. am
3. are

Bob _______ a quiet boy

1. is
2. am
3. are

Bas and John ________ at school everyday

1. am
2. is
3. are

_______ it raining right now?

1. Am
2. Is
3. Are

My mother _______ not very pleased

1. am
2. is
3. are

Change the following sentences into "negative/negations"

Use short forms!

For example - I am not happy = I'm not happy

Or

She is not correct = She isn't correct

I am a very happy person.

He is almost deaf.

They are at the pool every week.

The Present Simple

Grammar

The verb - to do

Write this in your notebook

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.

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.

Do you like chocolate?

Does she play any sports?

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?

The Present Simple

Negations or "negative"

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 

The Present Simple

Write five sentences using the verb to do

Can you use the shortened form (negative) as well? 

Show them to your partner.

Choose one sentence that you just wrote with "do" and type it!

What have you learnt in this lesson?

What do you still need to work on?