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Hi, I'm Martin. Hola, soy Martin.

Welcome to Oxford Online English! Bienvenido a Oxford Online English

In this lesson, you can learn all about how to use the verb ‘do'. En esta lección aprenderás a utilizar el verbo "hacer".

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You can! ¡Tú puedes! Puoi!

Turn them on now by clicking the ‘CC' button in the bottom right. Actívalos ahora haciendo clic en el botón "CC" de la parte inferior derecha. Attivali ora facendo clic sul pulsante "CC" in basso a destra.

This is a ‘5 levels' lesson. Se trata de una lección de "5 niveles".

That means you'll see five sections. Eso significa que verá cinco secciones. Ciò significa che vedrai cinque sezioni.

Each section will give you a challenge. Cada sección le planteará un reto.

Each section is more difficult than the previous ones. Cada sección es más difícil que las anteriores. Ogni sezione è più difficile delle precedenti.

The early sections will focus mostly on grammar; higher levels will test your grammar and vocabulary Las primeras secciones se centrarán principalmente en la gramática; los niveles superiores pondrán a prueba su gramática y vocabulario. Le prime sezioni si concentreranno principalmente sulla grammatica; i livelli più alti metteranno alla prova la tua grammatica e il tuo vocabolario

skills! ¡habilidades!

Level one is beginner, so if you're not a beginner, you should skip to level two. El nivel uno es para principiantes, así que si no lo eres, deberías pasar al nivel dos.

Ready? ¿Preparado?

Let's go! ¡Vamos!

Look at five sentences. Mira cinco frases.

Complete each sentence with one word. Completa cada frase con una palabra.

Each word is a form of the verb ‘do'. Cada palabra es una forma del verbo "hacer".

Contractions, like ‘don't', count as one word. Las contracciones, como "no", cuentan como una palabra.

Pause the video and do it now. Pausa el vídeo y hazlo ahora.

Ready? ¿Preparado?

Here are the answers. Aquí están las respuestas.

What do you need to know here? ¿Qué hay que saber aquí? Cosa devi sapere qui?

Use ‘do' to make negatives and questions in the present simple Utilizar 'do' para hacer negativas y preguntas en presente simple Usa 'do' per formulare negazioni e domande al present simple

and the past simple. y el pasado simple.

For example, take a positive sentence: ‘I like bananas.' Por ejemplo, tomemos una frase positiva: "Me gustan los plátanos".

Make a negative: ‘I *don't* like bananas.' Haz una negativa: 'No me *gustan* los plátanos'.

Make a question: ‘Do you like bananas?' Haz una pregunta: "¿Te gustan los plátanos?".

If you're talking in the 3rd person – he, she or it – use ‘does' and ‘doesn't'. Si hablas en 3ª persona (él, ella o ello), utiliza "hace" y "no hace".

Take a positive sentence: ‘She likes bananas.' Tomemos una frase positiva: "Le gustan los plátanos".

Make a negative: ‘She doesn't like bananas.' Haz una negativa: 'No le gustan los plátanos'.

Make a question: ‘Does she like bananas?' Haz una pregunta: "¿Le gustan los plátanos?".

In the past simple, use ‘didn't' to make negatives, and ‘did' to make questions. En el pasado simple, usa 'didn't' para hacer negativos, y 'did' para hacer preguntas.

Take a positive sentence: ‘They arrived early.' Tome una frase positiva: "Llegaron pronto".

Make a negative: ‘They didn't arrive early.' Haz una negativa: 'No llegaron temprano'.

Make a question: ‘Did they arrive early?' Haz una pregunta: "¿Llegaron pronto?".

There's one exception. Hay una excepción.

Don't use ‘do', ‘don't', ‘did' or ‘didn't' with the verb ‘be', No utilices 'do', 'don't', 'did' o 'didn't' con el verbo 'be',

or with modal verbs like ‘can'. o con verbos modales como 'can'.

Verbs like ‘be' and ‘can' make their own negatives and questions, without using Verbos como 'be' y 'can' forman sus propias negaciones y preguntas, sin utilizar

‘do'. "hacer".

Clear? ¿Está claro?

If not, you can review this section again. Si no es así, puede volver a revisar esta sección.

If you think it's difficult, you should study the present simple and past simple verb Si crees que es difícil, deberías estudiar el presente simple y el pasado simple.

tenses. tiempos.

Focus on how to form negative sentences and questions. Concéntrese en cómo formar frases y preguntas negativas. Concentrati su come formare frasi e domande negative.

If everything's OK, then let's move on to level two! Si todo está bien, ¡pasemos al nivel dos!

Here's your challenge for level two. Este es tu reto para el nivel dos.

Your job is to put the words in order to make a *question*. Tu trabajo es poner las palabras en orden para hacer una *pregunta*.

That's important: you need to make a question, not a sentence. Eso es importante: tienes que hacer una pregunta, no una frase.

Pause the video and think about your answers now. Haz una pausa en el vídeo y piensa ahora en tus respuestas.

Ready? ¿Preparado?

Let's look. Vamos a ver.

What does the first question – what do you do? ¿A qué se refiere la primera pregunta?

– mean? - ¿Qué quieres decir?

It means ‘what's your job?'. Significa "¿cuál es tu trabajo?". Significa 'che lavoro fai?'.

It's common in spoken English. Es común en el inglés hablado.

In level one, you saw that you use ‘do' to make questions in the present and past En el nivel uno, has visto que utilizas 'do' para hacer preguntas en presente y pasado

simple.

There are different kinds of question you can make, but there's another point here. Hay diferentes tipos de preguntas que puedes hacer, pero aquí hay otro punto.

‘Do' can be two things. Hacer" puede ser dos cosas.

It can be a main verb, which has real meaning. Puede ser un verbo principal, que tiene un significado real.

It can also be an auxiliary verb, which you use to make negatives and questions. También puede ser un verbo auxiliar, que se utiliza para hacer negativas y preguntas.

It can also do both things in the same sentence. También puede hacer ambas cosas en la misma frase.

All these questions use ‘do' twice, once as a main verb, and once as an auxiliary verb. Todas estas preguntas utilizan "do" dos veces, una como verbo principal y otra como verbo auxiliar.

This is extremely common in English! Esto es muy común en inglés.

Anyway, let's look at some different ways you can use ‘do' to make questions. En cualquier caso, veamos algunas formas diferentes de utilizar "do" para formular preguntas.

You can make yes/no questions, which start with the word ‘do', ‘does', and so Puedes hacer preguntas de sí/no, que empiecen por la palabra 'do', 'does', etc.

on. en.

For example, see question three. Por ejemplo, véase la pregunta tres.

You can make questions with a question word, like ‘what', ‘where', ‘who', and Puedes hacer preguntas con una palabra interrogativa, como "qué", "dónde", "quién", y

so on.

See question one for an example.

You can also make questions with a question tag, like numbers two and five. También puedes hacer preguntas con una etiqueta de pregunta, como los números dos y cinco.

This can have several different meanings.

You can use a tag question to check something, when you think you know the answer already.

You can also use it to show surprise or interest.

Here's a question: in number two, the question tag is negative – ‘don't you?'

– but in number five, the tag is positive – ‘do you?'

Do you know why?

If you want to check information, meaning that you want to ask a question but you think

you know the answer already, then the question tag

should be the opposite of the main verb.

That means, if the main verb is positive, the tag should be negative; if the main verb

is negative, the tag should be positive.

So, ‘you do yoga, don't you?'

means that I think you do yoga, and I'm asking to confirm my idea.

Use a positive sentence plus a positive question tag to show interest.

‘You do taekwondo, do you?'

looks like a question, but it isn't really a question.

It shows politeness and interest in the person you're talking to.

This form is common when making small talk.

You can also make negative questions, starting with ‘don't', ‘doesn't', or ‘didn't'.

You use these to express surprise or frustration.

Question four is an example of this.

Like number five, this isn't a real question.

You use it to express an emotion.

When you use negative questions, intonation is important: ‘Didn't you do the dishes?'

Let's move on to level three.

This time, we'll do something a little different.

Each of these five sentences contains a mistake.

Your job is to find the mistake and correct it.

Pause the video and do it now.

Think carefully about your answers.

Do you need to add a word, remove a word, or change a word?

Here are the answers.

Sentence one is an *indirect* question.

An indirect question starts with a polite phrase like ‘Can you tell me…' or ‘Do

you know…'

You use indirect questions when you want to sound more polite.

Indirect questions *don't* use ‘do', ‘does' and so on as an auxiliary verb.

This is a common mistake.

In question two, you need to use ‘does' as an auxiliary verb to refer to another verb

– ‘like' – which you used earlier.

In most cases, the auxiliary verb you need depends on the verb tense, *not* on the original

verb.

The exception is verbs like ‘be', ‘can' and so on, which can be their own auxiliary

verbs.

Here, the verb ‘like' is present simple, so it uses the auxiliary verb do/does.

In number three, you have a verb – ask – which needs to be followed by an infinitive with

‘to'.

Here, the infinitive is negative.

You make negative infinitives by adding ‘not'.

You don't use ‘don't', ‘doesn't', or any other form of ‘do.

In number four, you need to know something about how to use ‘do' and ‘make'.

This is more of a vocabulary point.

In many cases, you need to remember whether a word – like ‘progress' – goes with

‘do' or ‘make'.

Number five is also a vocabulary point.

There are many fixed phrases with ‘do', like ‘do someone a favour'.

After ‘do', you need a person – ‘do *me* a favour', ‘do *you* a favour'

– and so on.

So, to review, the topics covered in level three are: indirect questions, ‘do' as

an auxiliary verb, negative infinitives, ‘do' versus ‘make', and fixed phrases with

‘do'.

Where were you stronger or weaker?

Think about what you know, and what you need to focus on to improve.

Anyway, time for level four!

Here are your sentences for level four.

You need to complete each sentence with two words.

One word is a form of ‘do'.

Remember: you *must* use exactly two words!

Let's see the answers.

So, what do you need to know here?

In level three, you saw that there are negative infinitive forms.

There are also negative -ing forms.

Like negative infinitives, you just add ‘not' to make the sentence negative.

You can see this in sentence one.

Number two is a participle clause.

The meaning is similar to: ‘Because I hadn't done anything similar before…'

What about three?

Can you explain what's going on there?

Remember that ‘do' can be both an auxiliary verb and a main verb, and it can also do both

things in one sentence.

Auxiliary verbs can be used to add emphasis; for example, if you want to contradict what

someone else says.

Here, ‘did' is an auxiliary verb which adds emphasis, and ‘do' is a main verb.

So, if someone asked you ‘Why didn't you do it?', you might answer like this ‘I

*did* do it.

I just forgot to send it to you!'

You use the auxiliary verb – ‘did' – to add emphasis and contradict the other person.

Four and five are vocabulary points.

‘Do your best' is a fixed phrase meaning ‘try as hard as you can.'

For example, you could say ‘We did our best, but we didn't have four of our best players,

so it's not surprising we lost three-nil.'

‘Do with' is a conversational way to say ‘want'.

‘I could do with a long holiday' means that I really want a long holiday right now!

Remember: you can review any section of this video as many times as you need.

Here's a tip: a big difficulty with ‘do' is that it has so many different uses.

It can be a main verb, an auxiliary verb, or it can be used in fixed phrases and phrasal

verbs.

So, when you see ‘do' in a sentence, ask yourself which thing it is.

Is it a main verb, an auxiliary verb, or part of a longer phrase?

Getting this clear will help you to understand how to use ‘do' more accurately.

Now, are you ready for level five?

Let's try!

Ready for the hardest challenge?

Here are five of the hardest sentences we could make.

Your job is to complete them with one or two words.

One of the words must be a form of ‘do'.

Contractions, like ‘don't', count as one word.

Could you do it?

Let's see the answers.

Most of the sentences here test vocabulary points.

For example, take sentence one.

In conversational English, ‘do' can have the meaning of ‘be enough, but not very

good'.

If you say ‘it'll do', you mean that it's not great, but it's enough for you.

Sentence two tests a grammar point.

Hopefully, you know already that you can use ‘do' as an auxiliary verb to refer back

to a verb or verb phrase you used earlier.

If you didn't use ‘do' here, you would have to repeat the full phrase ‘his chances

of working for the EU', which would be repetitive.

However, here you also need an -ing verb.

When you want to use ‘do' as an auxiliary verb to replace an earlier verb, *and* you

want to use an -ing form, or to plus infinitive, you should use ‘do so'.

‘Do so' is formal.

In spoken or informal English, you'd probably say ‘do it' or ‘do that'.

Three, four and five all test your vocabulary.

In three, ‘get it done' is a conversational way to say ‘finish something'.

In number four, ‘doing well for themselves' means that they're making a lot of money,

so they have a comfortable lifestyle.

In sentence five, ‘it hasn't done me much good' is a semi-fixed phrase.

If you want to make the phrase positive, say ‘it's done me *a lot of* good'.

Of course, you can also use this to talk about other people.

For example ‘She looks so much happier these days.

Switching to part time work seems to have done her a lot of good.'

So, how did you do?

Which topics did you find the hardest?

We think level five is the hardest, because it tests a lot of fixed and conversational

phrases.

Do you agree?

Please share your thoughts in the comments.

That's all for now.

See you next time!