We can also use it as a substitute verb. Do as a main verb. Do as an auxiliary verb. Do as a substitute verb. Do as a main verb has a number of meanings. We use do to talk about actions in general, when we do not specify exactly what the action is:.
What have you been doing today, anything interesting? There is nothing we can do except wait and see what happens. We use do as a main verb to talk about achieving or completing things:. We did 80 miles on the first day of our cycling holiday. She does the crossword in the newspaper every day.
We use do with nouns such as homework, job, task, work :. We use do to talk about studying subjects:. What did you do at university? I did economics. All children have to do English in primary school. I did a lot of hiking and mountain-climbing when I was younger.
She did a trip down the Amazon when she was in Brazil. We often use do with nouns such as copy, design, drawing, painting , especially in informal speech:. I like that photo of you and me. Can you do me a copy? She did a lovely painting of the lake where we stayed last summer.
Do or make? We use do as a main verb to talk about cleaning things or making them tidy:. The cleaner was doing my room when I came back. A small one will do. Do is one of three auxiliary verbs in English: be, do, have. To make the question form of most main verbs, we use do, does present simple and did past simple followed by the subject and the main verb:.
Did your mother come from the same place as your father? We use the short forms in everyday informal language, and the full forms in more formal situations:. The Prime Minister does not take personal phone calls from members of the public. Did the parents not realise that something serious had happened to their child? Be as a main verb. Have as a main verb. We use do, does present simple or did past simple to give extra force to the main verb. Do come and have dinner with us some time.
Do stop talking , Harry! We use auxiliary do to form question tags for clauses which do not have a modal verb, a verb in the perfect with have or clauses with be. The tag uses the same person and tense as the subject of the main verb.
The tag may be affirmative or negative, depending on the type of tag:. You live near Harkness, do you? They arrived late, did they? We use auxiliary do , not auxiliary be , for questions with main verbs in the present simple:. We use does , not do , for the third person in the present tense:. We often use do instead of repeating all the words in a clause. Yes, we did too. Yes, we went to the concert in the park too. In those cases, we omit the verb but keep to , or we use do so , do it or do that :.
I desperately felt the need to write letters to newspapers. We sometimes add so , it or that after the substitute do. Do so, do it and do that are sometimes used differently, but they are often interchangeable:. We use do so mostly to refer to actions where the subject and verb are the same as the ones we have mentioned.
Do so is generally more formal than do it and do that :. I wanted them to leave and I politely asked them to leave. Yes, please do so.
Do so substitutes for open the present now. We often use do so when we make a general reference to a series of actions or events:. The birds make their nests on the north side of the island in little holes in the rocks. The reason why they do so is because the south side of the island is exposed to extreme winds. We use do it when we refer to an action or an event involving a verb and an object, especially when the subject is different from the one already mentioned:.
I do it all the time. I delete files all the time. I would never do that. I would never give a complete stranger my phone number. We often use do that in situations where we are contrasting things:.
I want to travel a bit and see the world. I really think you should do that rather than starting college. College will still be an option this time next year. I should do , I know, but I have so much work to finish. A kind-hearted person is one who likes other people a lot and always wants to help them. Outsets and onsets! See also: Do as a main verb Do as an auxiliary verb Do as a substitute verb. Perform or take part in an action. Achieve, complete or deal with something. Work and other tasks.
Study a subject. Take part in activities. Produce or create. Spoken English:. We often use do with nouns such as copy, design, drawing, painting , especially in informal speech: I like that photo of you and me. Who did the design for the website? See also: Do or make? Clean or make tidy. Be enough or acceptable. See also: Be as a main verb Have as a main verb. Emphatic forms. I do like your new jacket! She looks so tired. She does look so tired!
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Above or over? Across , over or through? Advice or advise? Affect or effect? All or every? All or whole? Allow , permit or let? Almost or nearly? Alone , lonely , or lonesome? Along or alongside? Already , still or yet? Also , as well or too?
Alternate ly , alternative ly Although or though? Altogether or all together? Amount of , number of or quantity of? Any more or anymore?
Anyone , anybody or anything? Apart from or except for? Arise or rise? Around or round? Arouse or rouse? As or like? As , because or since? As , when or while? Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides? Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical? Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than?
Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest?
Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? The past tense verb went should not be used with does. Do Tim and Sally ride their bikes to school? Both sentences could be correct. What do all the clouds do? A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
A subject is always a noun or pronoun. Please see the Clauses and Phrases section under the Grammar Rules tab on our website. This section defines these two words and gives examples. There are many differences between the words you are asking about. My question is, does the interrogative pronoun WHO always take third person singular form regardless of the answer?
Are there any circumstances under which this pronoun as a subject-question could take the plural form? The interrogative pronoun who can be plural. Examples: Who are your new friends? Who are the main characters in Star Wars? Who plays the piano? They do. Is it: What do the class think of the new teacher? Your teacher has a point. The word class is a collective noun that can be singular or plural, depending on whether it is acting as a unit or emphasizing the individuals.
In your sentence, the word class could be interpreted as emphasizing the individuals. Therefore the plural verb do is acceptable. We agree with you that the sentence is awkward. When the helping verb is used, the word have does not change no matter what the subject is. The verb do agrees with the subject you.
The word reason is a direct object. I have people arguing with me on this statement Can you please help I say this is correct. The subject of the sentence is the plural noun changes. As the post states, do is the plural form of the verb. Does is correct, however the word should not be capitalized.
You also have an extra space before your question mark. How does music make you feel? The plural verb do is correct. Remember to capitalize the first word of a sentence. Note that the first word of a sentence and proper nouns are capitalized.
Do Mary and Jean talk Swedish? The subject of the sentence is the plural noun systems. Therefore, the plural verb do is correct. The plural noun things agrees with the plural verb do ; however, it is not necessary to repeat the word do in your sentence.
Could you help me clear my doubt on this? Help me with this grammatical construction 1. He has to sign before he leaves Or He has to sign before he leave. As noted in our post When to Add s to a Verb , the word he is a third-person singular pronoun; therefore, there is an s added to the verb. He has to sign before he leaves.
Our post When to Add s to a Verb explains that verbs with a third-person singular noun or pronoun such as she as a subject have an added s or es on the end. Therefore, does is correct. I have a question. Which of these sentences are correct according to the English rule? Do your sister speak English? See our post When to Add s to a Verb for more information. Are these sentences correct?
What does my friend expect from me? What does her mother expect from her children? What does her mother expect from her daughter? What do your friend expect you to do?
What does her mother expect her to do? The following are grammatically correct: What does my friend expect from me? We recommend the following changes to the other sentence: What does your friend expect you to do? OR What do your friends expect you to do?
Which one of these sentences is correct? Does your father play tennis on holidays? Or Does your father play tennis on holiday? Either term can be correct. In American English, the plural noun holidays is grammatically correct. The term on holiday is used in British English to refer to a time away for relaxation or recreation.
We are unable to understand your intent, so we will take the liberty of rewriting your sentence as a question: Is it you or your company that …? Since both sentences have plural subjects, use the plural verb do. The topic of the lesson was the auxiliary verbs do and does. The teacher wrote some questions on the whiteboard that students had to copy in their notebooks and answer for homework. She said because in English it is correct to say it like that! So, I would like to know your opinion, please.
Thanks a lot for your kind answer. The difference in the treatments becomes more pronounced when we consider their inflections voice modulations. Would it be: How does the language and structure of the essay contribute…? Or How do the language and structure of the essay contribute…? The sentence has two subjects language and structure ; therefore, use the plural verb do. Leave a Comment or Question: Cancel reply. Please ensure that your question or comment relates to the topic of the blog post.
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