The document provides rules for using auxiliaries like do and does when forming questions and negative statements in the simple present tense. It explains that do should be used with pronouns like I, you, we, and they, while does is used with pronouns like she, he, and it. Examples are given showing how to use do and does to ask questions, form negative statements, and give short answers in the simple present tense. Practice questions are also provided to help apply these rules.

1. AUXILIARIES
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING RULES:
NOW, LET’S PRACTICE:
I. Write questions with DO…? And DOES…? Take a look at the example:
1. I like chocolate. How about you? Do you like chocolate?
2. You work hard. How about Anna? ______Does Annawork hard? _
3. Lisa plays tennis. How about his friends? _____Do his friends Play tennis? __
4. Tom speaks French. How about his brother? ____Does his brother speaks French?
5. Charles plays soccer. How about Richard? ___Does Richard play soccer? ____
6. Tina wants to be famous. How about you? ____Do you want to be famous? ___
7. I do yoga every morning. How about you? ____Do you yoga every morning? _
8. John lives near here. How about his sister? ____Does his sister live near here? __
9. Susan often goes to the beach. How about Lucy? Does Lucy often go to the beach? ______
10. I love chemistry. How about you? _Do you love chemistry? ____________
II. Write the negative form for the following statements. Look at the example:
1. Lucy plays the piano very well. Lucy doesn’t play the piano very well
2. They know my telephone number. ___They Don`t know my telephone number_________
3. He has a bath everyday. ___He doesn’t have a bath everyday_________
4. You have lunch at the same hour every day. _____You Don`t have lunch at the same hour every day__
5. We sing very well. __We Don`t sing very well______________
6. I play the guitar. _I don`t play the guitar____________________
7. She likes to eat salad. __she doesn`t like to eat salad____________
8. My parents visit Rome every year. _My parents don´t visit Rome very year_____________
9. Jerry studies every night. _jerry Doesn`t every night________________________
10. We visit our grandparentson Sunday. _We Don´t visit our grandparent on sunday__________
DON’T use DO or DOES with the verb TOBE. WRONG: Douglas
DOES NOT IS a doctor. CORRECT: Douglas IS NOT a doctor.
DON’T use DO or DOES with the verb CAN. WRONG: They
DON’TCAN speak French. CORRECT: They CAN’Tspeak French.
DON’T add –S to a verb in a question or negation with the third
person if you are using DOES. WRONG: Lynette DOESN’T LIKES
strawberries. CORRECT: Lynette DOESN’T LIKEstrawberries.
DON’T ask a question without using DO or DOES. James plays
soccer? DOES James play soccer?
DON’T say NO with verbs different from CAN or TO BE without
using DO or DOES. WRONG: They not write letters. CORRECT:
They DON’T write letters.
Use DO with the pronounsI, YOU, WE, and THEY or with
nouns that can be replaced by those pronouns.
Use DOES with the pronouns SHE, HE, and IT or with nouns
that can be replaced by those pronouns.
Use DO and DOES to ask questions in the simple present.
Example: DO you like pizza? DOES she like hamburger?
Use DO and DOES to say NO. Example: I DONOT study
Math. She DOESNOT work.
Use DO and DOES to say NO in an abbreviated form.
Example: We DON’T play baseball. He DOESN’T go to the
gym.
Use DO and DOES to give short answers. Example: Do you
drink wine? Yes, I DO - No, I DON’T.
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