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I do my homework

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she does her homework

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they do their homework

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do you do your homework

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what do all of these sentences have in

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common

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they all use the word do

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welcome back to lingoni English I'm

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Emily and in this video I will teach you

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how to use the word do in English let's

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get started

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[Music]

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thank you

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to do is an irregular verb in English

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that means it doesn't follow the normal

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rules of conjugation like some other

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verbs

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this means you have to learn all the

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conjugations

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on your own and remember them

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let's conjugate the verb together so we

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can remember how it goes

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I do

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you do

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she he it does

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we do

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you do

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they do

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okay so we conjugated the verb

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but what does the verb even mean

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well that's a complicated or difficult

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question

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let's start with what do means in

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positive sentences

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to make it simple

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usually do means to perform an action

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I do my homework

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I do

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my homework

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so the structure of the sentence is

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subject

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do or does

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the rest of the sentence

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so let's look at a few example sentences

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that use the verb do

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I do my work

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I do my work

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you do the dishes

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she does the cleaning

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or he does the cleaning

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we do the dance

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we do the dance

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you

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do your chores

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what are chores

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chores are things we do at home like

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cleaning or the dishes

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or

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washing the clothes

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you do your chores

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they do the grocery shopping

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all of these are actions that use the

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verb do

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but what about do in the negative form

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in the negative do follows this

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structure

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subject

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do or does

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not

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verb

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rest of the sentence

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let's break this down

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I do not

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you do not

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she he it does not

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we do not

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they do not

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you do not

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I do not sing

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I do not sing I don't sing

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don't forget do not can be contracted to

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a smaller word don't

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you don't listen

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you don't listen

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she doesn't work

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she does not work she doesn't work

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he doesn't like cheese

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he doesn't like cheese

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it does not move

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it doesn't move

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we don't talk in class

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we do not talk in class

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you all

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don't smoke

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you

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don't smoke

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they don't go to school

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they do not go to school

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you can also have do not do

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I don't do my homework

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I don't do my homework

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she doesn't do the dishes

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she doesn't do the dishes

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we don't do the grocery shopping

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we don't do the grocery shopping

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okay so let's move on

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you have the positive and negative forms

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but what about the question form

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questions with do follow this structure

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do or does plus subject plus verb

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do you smoke

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do you smoke

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do I

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do you

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does she does he does it

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do they do we do you all

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let's try this in a few complete

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sentences

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if someone asks you do you smoke

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how do you say yes or no

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you could say yes I smoke

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or hopefully you say no I don't smoke

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no I don't smoke or simply

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no I don't

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no I don't

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I don't smoke

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I don't

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does he sing

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does he sing

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no he doesn't

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he doesn't sing do they eat meat

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no they don't

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they're vegetarians

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do you work

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yes I do work or yes I do

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long answer short answer

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okay so that's all for this video on the

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verb do

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there's a lot more to learn about this

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verb but this is just the beginning get

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some more practice by writing some

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sentences of your own in the comments

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below

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we will read them and correct any

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mistakes and help you

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don't forget lingoni has an app for you

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to practice this and much more

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thank you so much for watching this

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video and we'll see you guys in the next

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one

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bye