Uses of Do and Does in Sentences

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Uses of Do and Does in Sentences

Do and Does:

often it is seen that for the beginner of Spoken English, 'do and does present some confusion. With a little attention and some practice, it is very easy to know their correct uses, in negative sentence and question,

Say aloud:

Positive	Negative	Question
I run We run. You run. They run. John and Marry run. Trees move	I do not run We do not run. You do not run They do not run John and Marry do not run trees do not move.	Do i run ? Do we run ? Do you run ?       Do they run ? Do they run ? Do trees move ?

I/We/They/Plurals make use if' "do" as helping verb.

Just recollect your '-s' / '-es' rules, there I/We/You/They/Plurals don't take '-s' / '-es' with the verbs

Now say these aloud 

Positive	Negative	Question
He runs. She runs Mary calls John calls it rains Tree moves	He does not run She does not run Mary doe not call John does not call It does not rain Tree does not move	Does he run ? Does she run ? Does she call ? Does he call ? Does it rain ? Does tree move ? ( or Does it move ?)

Carefully note that '-s' of the verb is no longer there, when 'does' is used in a sentence.

 Do/Does are used in negative sentence and question.

Match correctly the contents of column A and B keeping the 'do/does'rule in mind. You can make any number of correct sentence and check your answer going to back to the rule

Column A	Column B
I                                               We You He She John They John and Mary It	does not go to the shop           do not go to the shop do not come to play does not write a letter do not laugh at me does not cook food. do not run does not matter does not call me

when 'do' is used in a positive sentence, then it means, 'stressing ( or emphasizing ) on what is said, e.g 'I do agree with you' means ' i strongly agree with you' and 'please do come again' means that you have to come second time' , etc such expressions are called emphatic sentences.

Do is also used to give orders/commands and threats as :

Do it now,                         Do not do it now,

Do you listen                     Do not dream of doing it

Do not say a word              Do you want to live

Another way of giving orders/commands and threats as : 

Come here.

Go away.

Hell with you work.

Talk not man.

Get out

Get lost

Go to hell

Reach there

Come down

Stand properly

Get up and be off.

Contractions

do not - don't ( pronounced as daunt)

does not - doesn't ( pronounced as duzent )

For fluency sake , you may use, in your speech. don't in place "do not' and does't in place of "does not".

Remember that contractions are used more in Spoken English not in written English.

Use of Do and Does

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