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Do and other auxlliaries for emphasis

Use:
Do can be used as a main verb
I do a lot of photography
A: What do you do ?
B: Iam Photographer
Do can also be used as an auxiliaty verb:
Auxiliary do can also be used in positive statemens:
Plain form
Do
Third person
singular
Does
Simple past
Did
Past participle
none
Present participle
none

1. Do is also an auxiliary verb. It is used in present simple and past simle tense in question,
negative statements, short answers, and for emphasis, but only when there is other auxiliary.
Questions
Where do you live ?
When did you start learning English ?
Does john live here ?
Short Answer
Yes, he does.
No, I dont
Negative statement
They dont live here
we do not want to fight
Jared did not tell me he had such a pretty sister
Emphasis ( do not use this too much)
Tou think I dont have a brother, but I do!
She does enjoy swimming in the pool.
2. Auxiliary do can also be used in positive statements:
I do belleve in the paranormal
Do is not grammatically necessary here. We often choose auxiliary do to emphasis the ordinary
verb in a positive statement. We may want to:
Contras one thing with another,
And, as other parapsychologists, do report positive result, I must keep on open mind.
(ricard has not had positive result he never seen a ghost)


Corret something :
A: You didnt see a ghost its impossible
B: I did see onel David was with me. Ask him!
Emphasis something :
You do look nervous
This use often occurs with imperatives:
Do sit down. Do be quiet, will you?
In a positive statement, do / does/ did comes before the main verb:
I/ you/ we/ they
She/ he / it
i/ you/she/he/it/we/ they
Do
Does
did
Like spielbergs film
Look nice
Enjoy the day out

Noun

Singular
Do
Plural
does
1. A hairstyle
She come to work with a new do
2. Corret actions ( almost always in plural and generally with donts
Willy will tell you all the does an donts
Sinonim
1. (hairstyle) hairstyle, hairdo, style, styling
Antonyms
1. (correct actions) donts

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