The English language is lexically very rich: you can find a synonym for almost every word, there are a lot of phraseological turns, and besides, you add a preposition to a verb and you have a unit with a completely different meaning. The verb "tu Du" is just one of them. Let's take a closer look at it.

This lexeme has its own meaning "to do, make, accomplish". For example:
I did it! I scored the goal!
What are we going to do next weekend?
It also serves as an architect. It is used to build Simple interrogative and negative sentences.
Do you know that actor?
She didn't want to eat porridge.

How interesting it is inside indivisible combinations along with prepositions and nouns. The meaning of the word immediately changes, even to the most unthinkable. Examples with prepositions:
To do away (with)
I've done away with my illness, so we can walk along the park.

To do by
They do by Tommy like a dog.

To do down
These scammers tried to do the old lady down in the street.

To do for
The nurse did for the baby two days ago.

To do in
I often don't come to work on time. It will do me in some day.
I am done in after the quarrels with my wife.

To do out
He has done out his desk drawers.
They hired good workers to do out a kitchen.

To do over
I made a mistake, so I should do everything over.

To do up
Please, do up your coat, it's windy today.

To do with
Mary is a tough person, she is hard to do with.

To do without
Can you do without a can of beer in the evenings?

Examples with nouns:
Do harm
Do the dishes
Do your best
Do in person
Do a miracle
Do a favor

There are regular and irregular verbs. "To do" is irregular. So you need to memorize its three forms:
For Present Simple - do/does, and

I, you, we, they - do
He, she, it - does (third person singular).
For Past Simple - did
For Participle II of Perfect and passive voice - did.

We do calculations faster than our parents.
The waiter (he) does his work pretty good.
Mr. And Mrs. Yang did the chores yesterday.
I have done my homework.

As a semantic and auxiliary verb in the same sentence.
What did you do with my book?
I didn't do anything.
Note that this is only possible in questions and negations.

It acts as an emotional intensifier.
Mom,I did pass my test. Ask my teacher. (Mom apparently didn't believe it at first, so the child had to add expression)
Are you kidding? I do see nothing in the sky.

A difficult case is the use of both does and does with collective nouns such as: group, family, firm, company, class, crowd, etc.
My family do everything together. (This means each member of the family, several people, so it is spelled do).
Government does people for with its indifference. (The government here is a collective image, a whole, so does).
In the American version, it is preferable to use the singular with such words. And the corresponding third person verb form.

For a brief answer to the question.
- Do you prefer apples?
- I do.
- I don't.
The answers make sense: Yes, I prefer apples to other fruits. Or vice versa: I don't like them. You don't have to answer in full sentences. Short means "more natural."

Forms separating questions, "with a tail". Tails translates to "isn't it", "isn't it"?
Alex watches movies at the cinema, doesn't he?
My brothers don't like to read books, do they?
Attention, attention: if the first part of the sentence is positive, the tail is negative and vice versa.

We talked in detail about the use of the verb "du" in English. We have looked at its forms. Now let's put what we've learned into a stack. Take a look.
Affirmative sentences.
The table shows examples of affirmative sentences where do is a full-fledged meaningful verb

Negative sentences.
To say something in a negative form, let's use the verb do as an auxiliary verb and the particle not. Put it before the main action:
- in the present tense do not/don't or does not/doesn't
- in the past tense did not/didn't
- in the future tense will not/won't
More on the example of to play

We may note that the verb do in English as an architect in the future tense does not work in the future tense

The main difference between these forms is in usage. Did is used as a semantic and auxiliary verb in the Past Simple tense, while done is a participle form that is part of a construction in the Perfect ruler and passive voice. Let's compare:

My Dad did everything wrong.
Did your cousin go to bed?
She has done her essay.
We hadn't done our job before you came.
I will have definitely done a puzzle.

In these three cases, the Perfect Tense part of the predicate.

The composition will be done.
Well done!

The passive voice is used here. The action is directed at the object

Another variation of "Du" that is used in Continuous and Perfect Continuous. It is needed to convey the duration of an event. Compare:

We always do right...
We have been doing the task since 3 o'clock. Emphasizes a process over a period of time.
I am doing my job right now.
He was doing his best to reassure the passengers.
She will be doing the dishes while I will be cleaning my room.

Unfortunately, it is common when constructing questions. When do is both semantic and auxiliary.
When does she her homework? - You forgot to put the main verb here. It's like does already means "to do". When does she do her homework?
What does he does? - Use of two 3rd person forms at once. Correct: What does he do?
Many people don't realize that if does stands at the beginning of a question, it takes on the function of the 3rd person singular, and the meaningful word stands in the infinitive form.


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