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The verb to do is another common verb in English. It can be used as an auxiliary and a
main verb. It is often used in questions.
Forms of To Do
Perfect Continuous
Present Past
Form Form
I / you / we / they do did have / had done are / were doing
he / she / it does did has / had done is / was doing
As an auxiliary verb do is used with a main verb when forming interrogative or negative
sentences, or for adding emphasis. It is also called the dummy operator or dummy
auxiliary.
Examples
Do Does
"Do you always take the bus to "Does she ever do her homework on
Question - ?
work?" time?"
Positive Answer -
"Yes, I do." "Yes, she does."
Yes
Negative Answer -
"No, I don't." "No, she doesn't."
No
The most common question using "do" that you will probably hear whilst learning English
is "What do you do?" The person asking simply wants to know what you do for a living.
When using the continuous tense do becomes doing and it doesn't change.
Doing
Question - ? "What are you doing? Are you doing your homework?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes, I am ."
Negative Answer - No "No, I'm not."
When using the simple past tense do becomes did and it doesn't change.
Did
Question - ? "Did you always take the bus to school?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes, I did ."
Negative Answer - No "No, I didn't ."
When using the perfect tense do becomes done and it doesn't change.
Done
Question - ? "Have you done your homework?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes I have ."
Negative Answer - No "No I haven't."
For example:-
YT - Yes he did.
!Note - As an auxiliary verb 'do' is always followed by the base form of the main verb
(infinitive).
Verbo TO DO – Hacer
El verbo TO DO es otro de los verbos que se caracteriza por su amplia
utilidad dentro del idioma ingles. Puede ser empleado como verbo
ordinario cuyo significado es HACER o como verbo auxiliar en
diferentes tiempos verbales. El siguiente cuadro muestra su
conjugación en el modo indicativo del Presente Simple:
Examples
Do Does
"Do you always take the "Does she ever do her
Question - ?
bus to work?" homework on time?"
Positive
"Yes, I do." "Yes, she does."
Answer -
Negative
"No, I don't." "No, she doesn't."
Answer -
El verbo HACER en el Pasado Simple tiene una única forma de
conjugación como vemos a continuación:
Did
Question - ? "Did you always take the bus to school?"
Positive Answer - Yes "Yes, I did ."
Negative Answer - No "No, I didn't ."
Cabe aclarar que dentro del idioma inglés se debe distinguir el verbo
TO DO (hacer) del verbo TO MAKE (hacer de fabricar) como por
ejemplo:
I do my homework. Yo hago mi tarea.
I make cakes. Yo hago pasteles. (Hacer de fabricar)
Hacer preguntas
singular plural
1 first person I do we do
2 second person you do you do
3 third person he, she, it does they do
Esta lección explica uno de los papeles muy importantes del verbo
DO: la formación de frases negativas.
Fíjase que el pasado simple está indicado con did. Cuando DO (do |
does | did) juega el papel de verbo auxiliar, el verbo principal siempre
queda en la forma base.
no contraída Contraída
I do not believe you. I don't believe you.
No te creo.
no contraída contraída
Who did you see? Who'd you see?
¿A quién viste?
What did she play? What'd she play?
¿Qué tocaba ella?
When did you start? When'd you start?
¿Cuándo empezaste?
Where did they go? Where'd they go?
¿Adónde fueron?
Why did he laugh? Why'd he laugh?
¿Por qué rió?
How did we get here? How'd we get here?
¿Cómo llegamos aquí?
What = que
When = cuando
Where = donde,adonde
Why = porqué
How = como
verb to do
El verbo hacer