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the verb do is a very common word used

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in english

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therefore it's important to know and to

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understand how to use it correctly

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do

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is the present tense form of the verb

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the present tense form of the verb

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differs depending on the subject in the

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sentence

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so we either use

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do

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or does

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remember the subject is the person or

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thing doing the action for subjects i

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you

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they

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or any plural noun

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we use do

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the negative form is don't

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this is the contraction

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for do not

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for subjects he

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or any singular noun we use does

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the negative form is doesn't

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this is the contraction for does not

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first let's start off with the present

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tense forms

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do and does

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as already mentioned the subject will

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determine which form of the verb is used

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therefore this will ensure that we have

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the correct subject-verb agreement

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for subjects are you we they

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i use the verb do

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the negative form is do not

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or i can use the contraction don't

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when forming the question

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the verb comes at the beginning

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do i do you

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do we

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do they

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for subjects he she it

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i use the verb does

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the negative form is does not

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or i can use the contraction doesn't

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when forming the question the verb comes

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at the beginning

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does he

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does she

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it it's important to note that we don't

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always need to use do or does when

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forming positive sentences

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for example

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i exercise every day here we have the

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main verb which is exercise

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when forming the negative i would say

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i do not exercise every day

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so here i have the subject i

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followed by the helping verb do

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and the main verb which is exercise

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so in this case

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do is a helping verb because it's

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helping the main verb

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another example is

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he sings every day

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he doesn't sing every day or he does not

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sing every day and the question would be

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does he sing every day

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so in summary we use the helping verbs

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do and does when forming negative

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sentences and questions

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but we don't need to use them in

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positive sentences where there's already

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a main verb

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in the next examples i will show you how

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to use do as a main verb

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i do my homework

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i do not do my homework

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you do the dishes

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you do not do the dishes

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or you don't do the dishes

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we do the laundry

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we don't do the laundry

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do they do the housework

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he does the laundry

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he doesn't do the laundry

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she does the dishes

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she doesn't do the dishes

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does he do the housework

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to summarize

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do does and did can be used as auxiliary

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verbs

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these are known as helping verbs

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they're used as helping verbs when

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forming a negative sentence and a

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question

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for example

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do you study every day

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i don't study every day

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so here

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both helping verbs are helping the main

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verbs

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do does and did can also be used as a

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main verb in a sentence

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for example

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does he do the laundry

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he does the laundry

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as you can see in these examples there

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are two forms of the verb do in the

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question

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the first form does is used as a helping

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verb

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and the second form do

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is used as the main verb

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do does and did can also be used to

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emphasize a point

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for example if you forgot to bring your

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homework into school and now your

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teacher thinks that you didn't actually

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finish it

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then you might say

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no

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i did finish my homework

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so you're emphasizing the fact that you

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did actually do it

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it's important to remember that if a

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sentence already has a main verb or a

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helping verb then we don't need to add

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the verb do

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for example

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i can swim

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so the helping verb in this sentence is

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the modal verb can

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so i wouldn't say

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i do can swim

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the sentence is correct as it is i can

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swim

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this also applies to other helping verbs

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for example have

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i wouldn't say

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i do have washed the dishes

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instead the correct way is to say

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i have washed the dishes

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lastly

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the verb to be in a sentence doesn't

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require a helping verb

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the forms of the verb to be are am

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is are was or were

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for example

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i am a librarian

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so i don't need to add anything else to

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this sentence

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you