The document provides rules and examples for using auxiliaries like do and does to form questions and negatives in the simple present tense in English. It explains how to use do and does with different pronouns to ask questions or make negatives. Some examples given are how to form questions like "Do you like chocolate?" and negatives like "I do not play the guitar." The document emphasizes only using do and does, and not other verbs, when forming questions and negatives in the simple present tense.

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 ANA WORK HARD
Lisa plays tennis. How about his friends? _ DO HIS FRIENDS LISA PLAY TENNIS
3. Tom speaks French. How about his brother? DOES HIS SPEAK FRENCH
4. Charles plays soccer. How about Richard? DOES RICHARD PLAY SOCCER
5. Tina wants to be famous. How about you? DO YOU WANT TO BE FAMOUS
6. I do yoga every morning. How about you? DO YOU DO YOGA EVERY MORNING
7. John lives near here. How about his sister? _ DOES HIS LIVE NEAR HERE
8. Susan often goes to the beach. How about Lucy? DOES LUCY OFTEN GO TO THE BEACH
9. 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 donot know my telephone number.
He has a bath everyday. ____ He doesnothas a bath everyday
3. You have lunch at the same hour every day. You do not have lunch at the same hour everyday
4. We sing very well. We do not sing very well
5. I play the guitar. I do not play the guitar
6. She likes to eat salad. She does not like to eat salad.
7. My parents visit Rome every year. My parents does not Rome every year
8. Jerry studies every night. Jerry do not study night
9. We visit our grandparentson Sunday. We does not 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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