”Do” or ”does”?

Do and does are used when we want to ask yes/no questions.

We use do or does depending on the subject. Below are two sentences with two different subjects, she and you.

Does she like sport? Yes, she does.

Do you like sport? Yes, I do.

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Positive form ”do/does”

The present of ”do” - when it happens right now:

I - do

you - do

he, she, it - does

we - do

you - do

they - do

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Negative form of ”do/does”

The negative form of do is do not. In spoken English it is common to use the contracted form of do not which is don't.

I do not like sport.I don't like sport.

The negative form of does is does not. Also, in spoken English we usually use the contracted form of does not which is doesn't.

He does not like sport.He doesn't like sport.

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Negative form ”don’t/doesn’t”

The present of ”don’t/doesn’t” - when it is not happening right now:

I - don’t (do not= don’t)

you - don’t

he, she, it - doesn’t (does not= doesn’t)

we - don’t

you - don’t

they - don’t

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Past Tense of ”do/does” and ”don’t/doesn’t”

Past TenseDid is the past form of both do and does.

Did he call you?Did you enjoy it?

The negative form of did is did not or when speaking, didn't.

I did not know you were coming.I didn't know you were coming.

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”do/does” and ”don’t/doesn’t”?

1 - ______ you want some coffee?

DoesDo

2 - Where ______ they come from?

doesdo

3 - No, she ______ like spicy food.

don'tdoesn't

4 - What ______ Micheal and I have in common?

dodoes

5 - ______ your father drive a red car?

DoesDo

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Past Tense of regular verbs

The past tense always ends with -ed:

play - played

She played football when she was young. (hon spelade fotboll när hon var ung)

walk - walked

They walked to the other side. (de gick till andra sidan)

help - helped

I helped the old man over the street. (jag hjälpte den gamle mannen över gatan)

call - called

We called his name. (vi ropade hans namn)

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Past Tense of regular verbs- exceptions (undantag)

Regular verbs always ends with -ed in the Past tense

Some verbs only have -d added:

die - died

We were sad when the snake died. (vi var ledsna när ormen dog)

Some verbs change from -y to -ied

study - studied

He studied hard when he was at school. (han pluggade mycket när han var i skolan)

hurry - hurried

They hurried across the street. (de skyndade sig över gatan)

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Past Tense of irregular verbs

see - saw (se - såg)

buy - bought (köpa - köpte)

She saw when they bought the table. (hon såg när de köpte bordet)

drink - drank (dricka - drack)

eat - ate (äta - åt)

They ate and drank. (de åt och drack)

tell - told (berätta - berättade)

feel - felt (känna - kände)

He told everybody how he felt. (han berättade för alla hur han kände sig)

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