Special use of do, does, did in English grammar

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Special use of do, does, did in English Grammar

Introduction

Generally, do and does are used in simple present negative and interrogative sentences and did is used in simple past negative and interrogative sentences.

Here we will see special use of do, does, did to stress our speech.

Use of do, does to give stress on speech

We can use do, does to give stress on our words and sentences. It is a special use and can’t be used frequently. This sue is possible only in affirmative sentences of simple present tense.

Do is used with I, we, you, you, they, plural nouns and does is used with he, she, it and singular nouns.

a)I help you. b)I do help you.

See the difference between the two sentences. The first sentence appears normal whereas the second sentence is stressed by using DO.

The simple formula to understand this use.

Subject+ do/does+ v1+……..

Now we will see some examples of this use.

Examples-

1)We do call them.

2)They do wait for you.

3)He does run fast.

4)She does cook continental food.

5)Sam does take exercise daily.

In this way, you can use do and does to stress your words and speech.

Now we will see the use of did to stress your speech.

Use of did to give stress on speech

We can use did in the simple past tense affirmative sentence to give stress on our words or sentences. This is possible only in simple past affirmative sentences.

a)I told you. b)I did tell you.

See the difference. The first sentence is stress-free but did added stress to the second sentence.

Here is a simple formula to use did for stressing

Subject+ did +v1+ ………..

Now we will see some examples of this use.

Examples-

1)We did win the match.

2)You did promise us.

3)They did call you.

4)He did wait for you.

5)She did complete her work.

In this way, we can use did to stress words and sentences in the simple past tense.

Conclusion

From the above discussion, we have learned that we can use do, does to stress our speech in simple present affirmative and did is used to stress speech in simple past tense.

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