EMPHATIC

SENTENCE
Emphatic means forceful and
clear.

“Nicole's mother
was emphatic when she told her
not to come home late again.”

When something is emphatic, it

imparts emphasis.
 A sentence is
made emphatic by adding
an exclamation point, and
the word carries with it the
important and urgent
feeling of that punctuation
mark.
 The use of a form of
the verb do (do, does,
or did ) to
add emphasis to an
affirmative sentence.
 The emphatic do is far more
common in speech than in formal
written English.
Unlike ordinary auxiliary verbs, which
are typically unstressed in speech,
emphatic do is almost
always stressed.
Do as a Stand-In Auxiliary
"[I]n the absence of an auxiliary, a form
of do can be added to carry the stress:

He polishes his car every week. → He

DOES polish his car every week.

He polished his car yesterday. → He DID

polish his car yesterday.
When the do transformation is
applied to a verb in the past tense,
such as polished, the do will carry the
past marker, as it does
in negative statements
and questions. Note that the resulting
emphatic verb is did polish; the main
verb is the base form, polish..
WHEN TO USE

DO, DOES ,DID?

Do is used for first and second
person singular, ( I , you ) and
the plural forms of all three
persons.
Does is used in the case of
third person singular. e.g. He,
she, Meena, cat, tree, it etc.
 Did is used in the case
of past tense or when you
want to say or express
about a past event.
 do, does, did auxiliary
emphasis

only in present and past

simple with three common
uses: AFFIRMATIVE
EMPHASIS OF EMOTION

Oh my darling, you look good!

--- Oh my darling , you do look good!

You talk a lot of rubbish

--- You do talk a lot of rubbish
EMPHASIS OF CONTRAST

You say I don’t love you, but I

(do) love you!

It might seem easy but it (does)

take a long time.
COMPARE EXPECTATION AND REALITY

I said I would marry you and I

(did) marry you!

John promised to help and he

certainly (did) help.
 The Lighter Side of Emphasizing
"The following advertisement
illustrates the possibility speakers have
of assigning focus to practically any
item. Some of these utterances could
be interpreted as contrastive, others
simply as emphatic.
DO you know what kind of a day I've had?
Do YOU know what kind of a day I've had?
Do you KNOW what kind of a day I've had?
Do you know WHAT kind of a day I've had?
Do you know what KIND of a day I've had?
Do you know what kind of a DAY I've had?
Do you know what kind of a day I'VE had?
Do you know what kind of a day I've
HAD?Well, DO you?"
Let’s try: change it to an emphatic form of a
sentence with the use of do, does , did
appropriately.
1. I love Korean films.
2. She studies her lessons every day.
3. You sings in the choir every Sunday.
4. Donnie gave me his snacks yesterday.
Get ½ crosswise!!!!!!!
Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate form of the verb do (
do, does, did ) to make an emphatic
sentence.
1. Paul has a new girl friend. => Paul _________ a new girl friend.
2. My parents missed their flight. => My parents __________their
flight.
3. My best buddy sings in a choir. => My best buddy __________ a
choir.
4. You got into serious trouble. => You ___________into serious
trouble.
5. Have another glass of water! => __________another glass of
water!
6. You knew a lot about pets. => You ___________a lot about pets.
7. Come in! => ___________!
8. She thinks you are wrong. => She ____________you are wrong.
9. Your brother needs a new satchel. => Your
brother _____________a new satchel.
10. Sit down! => _____________!
Let’s check!!!!
1. Paul has a new girl friend. => Paul _does have a
new girl friend.

2. My parents missed their flight. => My

parents did miss their flight.

3. My best buddy sings in a choir. => My best

buddy does sing a choir.

4. You got into serious trouble. => You did get into
serious trouble.

5. Have another glass of water! => Do have

another glass of water!
6. You knew a lot about pets. => You did know a lot about
pets.

7. Come in! => ! Do come in!

8. She thinks you are wrong. => She does think you
are wrong.

9. Your brother needs a new satchel. => Your

brother does need a new satchel.

10. Sit down! => Do sit down!