Leçon d’anglais – le verbe DO

All you need to know about the verb “to do”

DO

1. interrogative auxiliary > “Do you speak German?”
2. negating auxiliary > “I do not / don’t speak German.” “Didn’t you hear the alarm clock?”
3. emphasising auxiliary > “So you do speak German, after all. Just a while ago, when I asked you, you said, you did not.”
4. predicate (verb-noun combination) to do – ing > “He does a lot of reading.” “She does the shopping.”
5. proper verb
   1. proper verb > “What can I do for you?”
   2. DO or MAKE ? “It does not matter.” “We will make a cake today!”
   3. predicate, expressions with “to do” > “Do me a favour.”, “to do well to” , “to do badly“, “How do you do?” …

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