Unit 2. Page 4.2 - DeiseFreire/English GitHub Wiki

MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Unit 2 page 4

We use do/does to make questions and negative sentences:

do	I/we/you/they work?	I/we/you/they don't work
	he/she/it drives?	he/she/it doesn't drive
does	he/she/it do?	he/she/it doesn't do

• I come from Canada. Where do you come from?

• I don't go away very often.

• What does this word mean? (not What means this word?)

• Rice doesn't grow in cold climates.

• In the following examples, do is also the main verb (do you do / doesn’t do etc.):

  • "What do you do?" "I work in a shop."
  • He's always so lazy. He doesn't do anything to help.