Category: Do-insertion

Modal verbs are verbs that act like auxiliary verbs. For example: can, could, be able to, may, might, shall, should, must, have to, will, would, etc. Example: I will go.-Will I go? She should leave now.-Should she leave now? The modal verbs act like an auxiliary, and they invert with the subject to make a… Continue reading Modal verbs

Example:  You want a bike, don’t you? We are using dummy ‘do’ in this tag question because there is no auxiliary verb in this sentence. So we are adding an auxiliary as well as ‘not’ because the tag question usually has to be opposite to the actual sentence (if the question is positive, the tag… Continue reading In tag question

In UK/ England, the same rule works with the verb ‘have’ also. So when we say I have a dream. -Have I a dream? (Question) Or, Do I have a dream? (Question) -I have not a dream/ I haven’t a dream/ I don’t have a dream. (Negative) So there are only two exceptions to the… Continue reading Have:

Example: You are rich (are=be verb).To make it negative, we can say-You are not rich/ You aren’t rich. But we can’t say say-You don’t are rich. Similarly to make a question, we can say-Are you rich? But we can’t say, -Do you are rich? So instead of adding an auxiliary ‘do’ with the verb ‘be’, we… Continue reading Be:

In English grammar, ‘do-insertion’ or ‘do-support’ refers to the use of the auxiliary verb ‘do’, including its reflected forms ‘does’ and ‘did’. There are some common uses of do-insertion which are described below. To ask a question: We consider a sentence, “You want money”.Here, ‘you’ is the subject, ‘want’ is the verb and ‘money’ is… Continue reading Do-insertion or Do-support