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Do est un verbe essentiel en anglais qui peut être soit un auxiliaire, soit un verbe lexical signifiant "faire".


 V (infinitif, simple present) Vs (3° pers. simple present) Ved (irrégulier) Ving
C'est un verbe irrégulier qui a 5 formes : son
do /duː/ son
does /dʌz/ son
(simple past)
did /dɪd/		 son
(part. passé)
done /dʌn/		 son
doing /ˈduːɪŋ/
A la négation contractée, il se prononce ainsi : son
don't /dəʊnt/ son
doesn't /ˈdʌzənt/ son
didn't /ˈdɪdənt/




En tant qu'auxiliaire, à la négation, à l'interrogation, à l'interro-négation et plus rarement à la forme emphatique, la forme do(es) permet la conjugaison du Simple Present et la forme did celle du Simple Past:
WORK Négation  Négation contractée Interrogation Interro-négation Emphatique
Simple present I do not work I don't work Do I work? Don't I work? I do work
you do not work you don't work Do you work? Don't you work? you do work
he does not work he doesn't work Does he work? Doesn't he work? he does work
we do not work we don't work Do we work? Don't we work? we do work
you do not work you don't work Do you work? Don't you work? you do work
they do not work they don't work Do they work? Don't they work? they do work
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Simple past I did not work I didn't work Did I work? Didn't I work? I did work
you did not work you didn't work Did you work? Didn't you work? you did work
he did not work he didn't work Did he work? Didn't he work? he did work
we did not work we didn't work Did we work? Didn't we work? we did work
you did not work you didn't work Did you work? Didn't you work? you did work
they did not work they didn't work Did they work? Didn't they work? they did work

Pour traduire le verbe français "faire", on peut utiliser en anglais soit do, soit make.