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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

When do I use DO/DOES/

DID?
The structure of questions in English varies depending
on the verb. Verbs are divided into two categories :

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1. to be
2. ALL other verbs
If the verb is (to be), then the grammar will be different . If
the verb is any other verb except (to be), then we use DO/
DOES/DID as the helping or auxilary verb. We also use
DO/DOES/DID for negative statments , but for this post,
let's take a look at questions :

Questions: TO BE
To form questions using the verb to be, all we do is
switch the position of the subject and verb. Remember ,
we use the verb to be in the present , past, continuous ,
future (going to) and passive constructions , as seen
below.
Examples:

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He is Italian = Is he Italian ? (present )

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They are going to participate in the contest=

Are they going to participate in the contest?
(future )
She is leaving soon!= Is she leaving soon?
(continous /future )
The door is closed.= Is the door closed?

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He is being interrogated by the FBI.= Is he
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Questions: ALL Other Verbs (Using DO/DOES/

DID)
To form questions in English using any other verb except
(to be), we must use the helping or auxilary verbs: DO/
DOES/DID. Remember that DO/DOES we use in the
present tense with the following subjects :
Do (I, you, we, they) understand English?
Does (he, she, it, your mother, the man) speak well?
And we use DID in the past tense with all subjects :
Did (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) pass the exam?
When forming questions with DO/DOES/DID, we use the
following format:
Question Word + DO/DOES/DID + Subject + Verb
What
+ do
the weekends ?

+you

+like to do on

We use DO/DOES/DID with the present and past simple

tenses as seen below.
Examples:
He likes to play baseball .= Does he like to play
baseball ?
They went shopping yesterday .= Did they go
shopping yesterday ?
They do their homework after dinner .= Do they
do their homework after dinner ?
She travels to Asia every summer.= Where
does she travel every summer?
We go jogging at 7:00 am every morning .=
When do you go jogging ?
I went to class four times per week.= How often
did you go to class ?

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21 comments:
Anonymous July 8, 2013 at 7:56 AM
THANK YOU FOR THIS.^-^
but can you help me with do/does +has/have. I
have a difficulty in it.
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Anonymous July 11, 2013 at 4:51 AM

Thank you for this. :-)
But can you help me with has and have.
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton

July 12, 2013 at 1:58 PM

Thanks for reading ! Here is a post on has vs. have.

Leave any other questions you may have!
http://eslmeetingpoint .blogspot.com/2013/02/
present -perfect .html
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Anonymous August 4, 2013 at 12:07 PM

Thanks ,
Can u help me how to use has had in same
sentence .....
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton

AM

January 20, 2014 at 8:56

Hi Reader , Here is a post that can answer your

question regarding has and had in the same
sentence . If you have any other questions , just
leave a comment. Thanks for reading !
http://eslmeetingpoint .blogspot.pt/2014/01/
readers -question -how-can-i-use-has-and.html
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Jadan Dimayuga February 12, 2014 at 8:48 AM

Which is correct?

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Megan Elizabeth Hilton

2:09 PM

February 12, 2014 at

"This morning " is actually in the past, so the

correct sentence is "The maid did the laundry this
morning ." The other sentence would be correct if
it read: "The maid does the laundry every
morning .", which expresses a daily routine .
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Anonymous February 24, 2014 at 2:51 AM

Thank you. This is really helpful
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Anonymous July 31, 2014 at 6:57 PM

What tense should be used for "did"
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton
20, 2014 at 2:40 AM

September

Did is used in the past tense, negative

and with questions . "I didn 't know what
to do." What did you think of the movie?"

hend usama October 1, 2014 at 10:37 PM

hend usama October 1, 2014 at 10:46 PM

The main verb doesnt take the tense
and remains in its base form.
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Anonymous August 6, 2014 at 11:00 PM

thank you so much
understandable ...

your

grammar

is

very

Mahesh Sheelvant August 28, 2014 at 11:29 PM

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Mahesh Sheelvant August 28, 2014 at 11:30 PM

Thank you so much ... It Helps me to learn english
petty fast . & i need some few more examples on
this so please post them ......
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Anonymous October 7, 2014 at 9:06 AM

what about could, should and would?
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton
2014 at 1:03 PM

October 7,

http://
eslmeetingpoint .blogspot.pt/2014/09/
quick-tip-would-could-or-should .html
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton

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October 7, 2014 at 1:02

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Anonymous November 18, 2014 at 6:18 AM

please correct me if im wrong, i really need your
help .
"What does the situation of the boy in the song?"
is this correct?
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Ashnin January 28, 2015 at 8:21 AM

Can someone help me with this sentence if which
one is correct??

thamk you.!
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Megan Elizabeth Hilton

10:23 AM

January 29, 2015 at

Did I DO something wrong is correct. Do and

Does/Did determine the tense as either present or
past. The verb is always in its simple form. The
subject and do, does or did do not affect the verb,
ever. For example, Do you LIKE fish ? Does she LIKE
chicken ? Did they LIKE the trip? Hope that helps ,
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