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ELABORADA POR Instructor de ingls: Andrs Falla Victoria

VERBO TO DO
El verbo "to do" en ingls puede funcionar como verbo ordinario, con el significado
de "hacer", o como verbo auxiliar. Su declinacin en el presente del indicativo
(simple present) es la siguiente:

Yo hago
Tu haces
El/ella hace
Nosotros hacemos
Vosotros hacis
Ellos/ellas hacen

I do
You do
He/she/it does
We do
You do
They do

En el pasado simple (simple past) tiene una nica forma:

Yo hice
Tu hiceste
El/ella hizo
Nosotros hicimos
Vosotros hicisteis
Ellos/ellas hicieron

I did
You did
He/she/it did
We did
You did
They did

Como verbo ordinario con el significado de "hacer" hay que distinguirlo de otro
verbo, "to make", que tambin se traduce en castellano por "hacer", aunque este
ltimo con un significado de "fabricar":
I did my job.
I made a cake.
What areyou doing this
evening?
She made that table.

Yo hice mi trabajo
Yo hice un pastel
Qu haces esta tarde?
Ella hizo esa mesa

Como verbo auxiliar, se utiliza para construir las formas negativas y de

interrogacin del presente y del pasado simple:
I don't know that.
I didnt answer correctly.
Do you go to the cinema?
Didn't you see that film?

Yo no se eso
No contest correctamente
Vas al cine?
No viste esa pelcula?

Como se puede observar, en las formas negativas se suelen utilizar contracciones:

Do not
Does not
Did not

Don't
Doesn't
Didn't

Otro uso del verbo "to do" es para evitar la repeticin de un verbo que se acaba de
mencionar, especialmente en la contestacin de preguntas:
Do you like coffee?
Did you play tennis?
He likes music...

Yes, I do
Yes, I did
... and so do I ( = I like music too)

The verb to do is another common verb in English. It can be used as an auxiliary

and a main verb. It is often used in questions.

Present

Past

Continuous
Form

I / you / we / they

do

Did

are / were doing

he / she / it

does

Did

is / was doing

As an auxiliary verb do is used with a main verb when forming interrogative or

negative sentences, or for adding emphasis. It is also called the dummy operator
or dummy auxiliary.
Positive Statement
(spoken)

Negative Statement (spoken)

Do I?

I do

I do not (I don't)

Do you?

You do

You do not (You don't)

Does he/she/it?

He/she/it does

He/she/it does not (He/she/it

doesn't)

Do we?

We do

We do not (We don't)

Do you?

You do

You do not (You don't)

Do they?

They do

They do not (They don't)

Question
Singular

Plural

Examples
Do
Question - ?
Positive Answer
Yes
Negative Answer
No

Does

"Do you always take the bus to "Does she ever do her homework on
work?"

time?"

"Yes I do."

"Yes she does."

"No I don't."

"No she doesn't."

When using the continuous tense do becomes doing and it doesn't change.
Doing
Question - ?

"Are you doing your homework?"

Positive Answer Yes

"Yes I am ."

Negative Answer No

"No I'm not."

When using the simple past tense do becomes did and it doesn't change.
Did
Question - ?

"Did you always take the bus to work?"

Positive Answer - Yes

"Yes I did ."

Negative Answer - No

"No I didn't ."

When using the perfect tense do becomes done and it doesn't change.
Done
Question - ?

"Have you done your homework?"

Positive Answer - Yes

"Yes I have ."

Negative Answer - No

"No I haven't."

More functions for the verb to do

The verb to do works as a main verb.