The document provides rules and examples for using auxiliaries like do and does in questions, negatives, and short answers in the simple present tense. Some key rules covered include: - Using do/does to form questions and negatives (e.g. "Do you like chocolate?") - Not adding -s to verbs in third person questions/negatives with does (e.g. "She doesn't like strawberries") - Using do with pronouns like I, you, we, they and does with she, he, it - Using do/does for questions, negatives, and short answers in the simple present

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 she work hard ?________________
3. Lisa plays tennis. How about his friends? _______Do they play tennis ?_________________
4. Tom speaks French. How about his brother? _______Does he speak French ?_______________
5. Charles plays soccer. How about Richard? _______Does he 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 practice yoga every morning ?______
8. John lives near here. How about his sister? ______Does she live near here ?______________
9. Susan often goes to the beach. How about Lucy? ____Does she 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. __The y don’t know my telephone number ______
3. He has a bath everyday. _____He doesn’t have a bath every day___________
4. You have lunch at the same hour every day. _____You don’t have lunch at the same hour every day __
DON’T use DO or DOES with the
verb TO BE. 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’T
CAN speak French. CORRECT:
They CAN’T speak 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 LIKE
strawberries.
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 pronouns I, 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 DO NOT study Math.
She DOES NOT 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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2. 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 every day____
9. Jerry studies every night. _______Jerry doesn’t study every night________
10. We visit our grandparents on Sunday. _______We don’t visit our grandparents on Sunday__
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