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1. To do- irregular verb
did- Past tense
done- Past Participle

2.  He did his best to win the match but he
lost nevertheless.
 She has never done any volunteer
work.

3. Do- auxiliary verb
 Do you like cooking? Does the doctor
come to see the patient every morning?
 They don’t live in a village. She doesn’t
watch TV at all.

4.  Did you miss me?
 I didn’t know what to say when I met
him.
 Don’t walk on grass!

5. Do as a general verb
 What do you do? (what is your job?)
I am a doctor. or I am a carpenter.

6. Do- to talk about a task
 do the housework (to clean the house).
E.g. Our house is a complete mess. I
think we should start doing the
housework now.
 do the dishes ( to wash the dishes) E.g.
I always do the dishes after lunch.

7.  do the homework (Pay attention we say
to do the homework and not to make the
homework!) E.g. It’s getting late. I think
you should start doing your homework.
 do exercise E.g. If you do exercises
three times a week you will lose weight.

8. Do- for non-specific activities
 do something E.g. I never thought she
was capable of doing something so
cruel.
 do nothing E.g. He is very lazy. He lies
the entire day on the couch and does
nothing.

9.  do anything E.g. I promise I won’t do
anything to hurt you!
 do everything E.g. He had to attend a
meeting so I had to do everything alone.

10. Other expressions with do
 do good job (to do something very well) E.g.
Everybody says I have done a good job of
raising my children.
 do one’s best (to try as hard as you can
in order to achieve something) E.g. I did my
best to think of proper examples with the verb
do.

11.  do your duty (a legal or a moral obligation)
E.g. I don’t expect a reward for saving her. I
simply did my duty.
 do business E.g. You should read this book
if you want to find out how to do business with
a big company.

12. Some phrasal verbs with do
do up
 to fasten E.g. You have to do up the buttons of
your shirt before you go out.
 to repair, paint and improve an old building, car
etc. E.g. This is a lovely house but it needs
doing up a bit.

13.  to wrap something in paper or cloth in
an attractive way- to decorate E.g. He did up the
parcel with coloured paper and ribbon and sent
it to his mother.
 to dress someone in special clothes or
put make-up on them E.g. She spent two hours
doing herself up for the meeting.

14. Do without
 to succeed in living or working without
someone or something E.g. I had to do
without an internet connection in that
resort.

15. Idioms with do
 could do without ( to prefer not to
experience or deal with) E.g. I could do
without all this noise.

16. do away with
 to get rid of something E.g. She did away with
the old cooker and bought a new one. A lot of
states have done away with the death penalty for
a long time.
 to murder someone E.g. There is a rumor that
John has done away with his friend.

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