Grammar
Use of Do
- Use do with the subjects I, we, you and they.
- Do is usually to make questions and it comes at the start of a sentence.
- Do is not used with the verbs be, can, might, ought, shall and will.
Examples
Do I have to speak too?
Do we have any milk left?
Do you remember her?
Do they always stay up so late?
Use of Does
Does is the third person singular of did. Use does at the start of questions when the subject is he, she or it.
Examples
Does he like Indian food?
Does she live near you?
Does it rain much in winter?
Use of Did
- used in past tense
The past tense of DO is DID for all subjects:
If/you/we/they/he/she/It - DID
Examples
I did my homework in record time.
We did everything we could to help.
Using do and does with Wh- Questions
Use do and does with the seven question words. Question words are what, where, when, which, why,how. Here are some examples.
Where do you live?
Where does she live?
What Language does he speak?
What languages do they speak?
When do you wake up?
When does he wake up?
How do you use chopsticks?
How do they use chopsticks?
Remember: Use did for the past tense of both did and does.
Now decide if these sentences need do or does
Do they want some more?
Do you want a drink?
Why does he keep calling you?
Does it always make that noise?
Where did you go last night?
When did it last snow?
Fill in the blanks in the following conversation with the appropriate form of verbs do and did.
Jill: Hi Mum. Can you guess who visited us this morning?
Mother: Sorry, I can’t.
Jill: Aunt Jane, Mum.
Mother: Jane visited you this morning?
Jill: Yes, she visited us this morning.
Mother: Did she like your house?
Jill: Yes, Mum. She liked our house. But she did like the idea of buying it on instalment.
Mother: How silly! She has very old fashioned ideas, I’m afraid.
Jill: Yes, Mum. She has very old fashioned ideas.
Jack: She was rather too worried.
Jill: She even refused to sit on the furniture.
Mother: Why did she refuse to sit on the furniture? That’s amazing!
Jack: But Aunt Jane was very kind and considerate. Did you know what she gave us at the time of her departure?
Mother: What did she give you?
Jill: A ten pound cheque.
Mother: She gave you a ten pound cheque!
Jill: Yes, yes. A ten pound cheque.
Mother: What did you propose to do with that extra money?
Jill: We have spent it already.
Mother: Good heavens, you spent it already! What did you do with that money?
Jill: I sent it to Dr. Martins. Did I do a good thing, Mum?
Mother: To Dr. Martins? Why did you send it to Dr. Martin?
Jill: For the last instalment
Mother: Oh, I see. How nice of you! You did the right thing, my dear.
Jill: Thanks, mum.
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