Do Does – Practice Do Does with interactive English exercises

Do - Does

What are do and does?

Do and does come from the verb To Do.

There are two ways to use the verb To Do: as a normal verb or as an auxiliary verb.

The difference between Do and Does

We use do for	I, you, we and they
So	I do exercise You do exercise We do exercise They do exercise
We use Does for the third person singular	He/she/it so that means also: my mother, Tom, the cat, his car, etc.
So	He does exercise She does homework Tom does the dishes My mother does the cleaning His cousin does the gardening

In the case of My mother, be careful. The word my can be confusing, but my mother is still the third person singular and so you must put does.

Do-Does used as a normal verb

The verb To Do is one of the most used verbs in English. When To Do is used as a normal verb it performs an action.

Examples:

to do a job
to do homework
to do the cleaning
to do something
to do nothing

Do-Does used as an auxiliary verb

The verb To Do is also used as an auxiliary verb.

Examples:

Do you like coffee?
Where do they drink coffee?
Does she want an ice-cream?
What does she want?
I don’t like coffee
They don’t drink three coffees a day
She doesn’t want an ice-cream
John doesn’t want anything

What is the meaning of Do, Does, Don’t and Doesn’t?

The answer is that is has no direct meaning. However, it is indispensable for the formation of the question and the negative answer in the present simple and the past simple.

Short answer with do-does

There are two ways to answer a question: with the long answer or with the short answer. For the short answers we always use the auxiliary verb. Here you have some examples:

Do they work?	Yes, they do
Does he like coffee?	Yes, he does
Do you work?	Yes, I do
Does she go to the cinema every week?	Yes, she does

Grammar Guide

1.	Do Does
2.	Make Do
3.	Question Tags
4.	Some Any
5.	To Be
6.	Past Simple
7.	Prefixes
8.	Present Perfect

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