English Helping Verbs Course

Lesson 06

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In the previous lessons we went over the verb DO and its basic meanings.

In this lesson we will start going over the verb DO as a helping verb.

 

A reminder:

What is a helping verb
(also called an auxiliary verb)?

A helping verb is a verb we use together with another verb (called the main verb of the sentence) to express an action or a state.

Helping verb + Main verb = Complete idea

Here are some examples:
(Helping verbs are red, main verbs are purple)

  • We can talk now.

  • She must return home.

  • You should know about it.

  • I am reading.

  • They are walking to school.

  • Kathy is jumping.

  • Robert is hit by the ball.

  • Some juice is drunk by Scott.


The verb DO as a helping verb

Quick note:

In the simple present tense the verb DO has these two forms:

  • I, you, we, they => do

  • She, he, it => does

We will use these forms in our examples and exercises.


1. Negative sentences

We use the helping verb DO before a main verb to make negative sentences.

Here is how we do it:

Subject + DO + NOT + main verb + the rest of the sentence

Example:

Joe and Kate do not work here.

You can also combine DO and NOT into one short form:

DO + NOT = Don't

Example:

Joe and Kate don't work here.

 

Here are some more examples:

They do not talk.

They don't talk.

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He does not stop.

He doesn't stop.

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They do not work.

They don't work.

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She does not play baseball.

She doesn't play baseball.

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I do not shoot.

I don't shoot.

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He does not know what to do.

He doesn't know what to do.

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Tim and Amy do not play cards.

Tim and Amy don't play cards.

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The computer does not work.

The computer doesn't work.

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I do not know what to say.

I don't know what to say.

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Jack does not feel so good.

Jack doesn't feel so good.

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