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auxiliary verb/də/, /du/, strong form /duː/
/də/, /du/, strong form /duː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they do | /də/, /du/, strong form /duː/ /də/, /du/, strong form /duː/ |
| do not | |
| don't | |
| he / she / it does | /dʌz/ /dʌz/ |
| does not | |
| doesn't | |
| past simple did | /dɪd/ /dɪd/ |
| did not | |
| didn't | |
| past participle done | /dʌn/ /dʌn/ |
- used before a full verb to form negative sentences and questions
- I don't like fish.
- They didn't go to Paris.
- Don't forget to write.
- Does she speak French?
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- used to make question tags (= short questions at the end of statements)
- You live in New York, don't you?
- She doesn't work here, does she?
- used to avoid repeating a full verb
- He plays better than he did a year ago.
- She works harder than he does.
- He put more feeling into the words than he had ever done before.
- ‘Who won?’ ‘I did.’
- ‘I love peaches.’ ‘So do I.’
- ‘I don't want to go back.’ ‘Neither do I.’
- used when no other auxiliary verb is present, to emphasize what you are saying
- He does look tired.
- She did at least write to say thank you.
- (British English) Do shut up!
- used to change the order of the subject and verb when an adverb is moved to the front
- Not only does she speak Spanish, she's also good with computers.
Word OriginOld English dōn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doen and German tun, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tithēmi ‘I place’ and Latin facere ‘make, do’.
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