Grammar - The verb 'to do'

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• Leerjaar 1

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

I am a very happy person.

He is almost deaf.

They are at the pool every week.

We are not at school on Saturday.

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