Lesson 8 do / does / did for emphasis
Choose the correct answers:
- When some friends do not believe that twelve-year-old Ana babysits her younger brother Josh, she insists, “Yes, I __________ (do babysit, does babysit) my brother, three times a week!”
- Can Ana do a good job? Josh __________ (does look, does looks) happier when Ana lets him eat as much ice cream as he wants.
- One day when Josh had a stomachache after eating three bowls of ice cream, mom did not believe it, but Ana had to admit, “Yes, he __________ (did eat, did ate) three bowls.”
Explain:
Three helping verbs “does, do, did” are used to correct a disbelief or to emphasize the truth of a statement. They are used only in affirmative simple present and simple past sentences. The main verb must be a “Do” verb and must be in its base form.
does/do/did + base form of a “Do” verb
- In Sentence #1, “do” + base form of main verb “babysit” – to correct her friends’ disbelief
- In Sentence #2, “does” + base form of main verb “look” – to emphasize that Josh looks happy
- In Sentence #3, “did” + base form of main verb “eat” – to correct mom’s disbelief
Review:
Choose answers that show emphasis:
Students sometimes have unusual excuses for not submitting homework assignments. Some of them may say, “My dog ate my homework”. One time when I was in high school, my dog __________ (did eat, did ate) my homework. When I told my teacher about this, he did not believe me. I insisted, “I __________ (did do, did) my homework and I __________ (did finish, finished) it on time!”
Answers:
do babysit; does look; did eat
did eat; did do; did finish
