"Your English ticket to life" Project by English teacher Iuliana Pienoiu. The verb "to do" http://meditatii-engleza.ro/ You can also find me on Skype at: meditatii-engleza.
2. He did his best to win the match but he
lost nevertheless.
She has never done any volunteer
work.
3. Do- auxiliary verb
Do you like cooking? Does the doctor
come to see the patient every morning?
They don’t live in a village. She doesn’t
watch TV at all.
4. Did you miss me?
I didn’t know what to say when I met
him.
Don’t walk on grass!
5. Do as a general verb
What do you do? (what is your job?)
I am a doctor. or I am a carpenter.
6. Do- to talk about a task
do the housework (to clean the house).
E.g. Our house is a complete mess. I
think we should start doing the
housework now.
do the dishes ( to wash the dishes) E.g.
I always do the dishes after lunch.
7. do the homework (Pay attention we say
to do the homework and not to make the
homework!) E.g. It’s getting late. I think
you should start doing your homework.
do exercise E.g. If you do exercises
three times a week you will lose weight.
8. Do- for non-specific activities
do something E.g. I never thought she
was capable of doing something so
cruel.
do nothing E.g. He is very lazy. He lies
the entire day on the couch and does
nothing.
9. do anything E.g. I promise I won’t do
anything to hurt you!
do everything E.g. He had to attend a
meeting so I had to do everything alone.
10. Other expressions with do
do good job (to do something very well) E.g.
Everybody says I have done a good job of
raising my children.
do one’s best (to try as hard as you can
in order to achieve something) E.g. I did my
best to think of proper examples with the verb
do.
11. do your duty (a legal or a moral obligation)
E.g. I don’t expect a reward for saving her. I
simply did my duty.
do business E.g. You should read this book
if you want to find out how to do business with
a big company.
12. Some phrasal verbs with do
do up
to fasten E.g. You have to do up the buttons of
your shirt before you go out.
to repair, paint and improve an old building, car
etc. E.g. This is a lovely house but it needs
doing up a bit.
13. to wrap something in paper or cloth in
an attractive way- to decorate E.g. He did up the
parcel with coloured paper and ribbon and sent
it to his mother.
to dress someone in special clothes or
put make-up on them E.g. She spent two hours
doing herself up for the meeting.
14. Do without
to succeed in living or working without
someone or something E.g. I had to do
without an internet connection in that
resort.
15. Idioms with do
could do without ( to prefer not to
experience or deal with) E.g. I could do
without all this noise.
16. do away with
to get rid of something E.g. She did away with
the old cooker and bought a new one. A lot of
states have done away with the death penalty for
a long time.
to murder someone E.g. There is a rumor that
John has done away with his friend.