Using “do” and “does” in questions and negatives. Listen in slow, clear English with a transcript and vocabulary support.
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Vocabulary in this episode
- present-simple
I’m Emma, and today we’ll look at how to use “do” and “does” in present-simple questions and negatives.
This is a verb form used for habits, facts, and things that are generally true.
- base form
Put “do” or “does” before the subject, then use the base form of the main verb.
The base form is the verb without endings such as -s or -ed.
- base form
The main verb stays in its base form: “She doesn’t work,” not “She doesn’t works.”
Here, it means the verb stays in its simplest form, without an -s ending.
- shorten
In everyday speech, we often shorten these to “don’t” and “doesn’t.”
Here, it means to use shorter spoken forms of “do not” and “does not.”