Grammar Level 2- Lesson Three
In this grammar lesson, you learn about Do & Did in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Do Not If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
Requirement Lessons
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Do (present tense) and Did (past tense)
as Helping Verbs to Make Negative Sentences
Present Tense Negative
do + not + main verb
Singular
I do not ___
I don’t ___
You do not ___
You don’t ___
He does not ___
He doesn’t ____
She does not ____
She doesn’t ____
It does not ___
It doesn’t ____
Plural
We do not ___
We don’t ___
You do not ___
You don’t ___
They do not ___
They don’t ___
did + not + main verb
Singular
I did not ____
I didn’t _____
You did not ____
You didn’t ____
He did not ____
He didn’t _____
She did not ____
She didn’t ____
It did not ____
It didn’t ____
Plural
We did not ____
We didn’t ____
You did not ____
You didn’t ____
They did not ____
They didn’t ____
The verb “do” is a helping verb. We add it to the simple form of a verb to make questions and negatives in the present tense and the past tense.
Examples:
I don’t work on the weekend. (present tense negative).
I didn’t work last weekend. (past tense negative)
He doesn’t like to go to the store. (present tense negative)
He didn’t like to go to the store when he was younger. (past tense negative).
They don’t have any money. (present tense negative)
They didn’t have any money last week. (past tense negative.)
Note: “Do” is also used as a main verb for activities, such as housework, cleaning, studying, research, business, and shopping.
Examples:
I don’t do the dishes every night. I didn’t do the dishes last night.
She doesn’t do her grocery shopping at Cub. She didn’t do her grocery shopping yesterday.
They do not do their homework at the library. They didn’t do their homework last night.
Their company doesn’t do business in Minnesota. They never did business here.
The past tense form of “do” is “did.” Did + not = didn’t
Examples:
I didn’t go to work yesterday.
She didn’t take the bus to work.
Separating the contraction creates emphasis.
Examples:
I did not want to do the dishes last night. I do not want to do them now!
He does not have his license! He never did get it!
Please, do not put that hot pan on the counter!
Never put “did” + ____ing together.
He did going to work last night. (incorrect)
He went to work last night. ( correct )
Avoid bad American grammar!
She don’t go to work on Sunday. (She doesn’t go to work on Sunday.)
It don’t matter to me. (It doesn’t matter to me.)
He don’t know. (He doesn’t know.)
Quiz for Do & Did
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