An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.

Examples of action verbs: skip , smell , love , think

1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.3) John reads a chapter in his book4) Children believe in fairies and unicorns.5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.

An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.

Examples of action verbs: skip , smell , love , think

1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.3) John reads a chapter in his book4) Children believe in fairies and unicorns.5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.

AFFIRMATIVE

2) Jenny doesn’t want a horse for her birthday.3) John doesn’t read a chapter in his book4) Children don’t believe in fairies and unicorns.5) The café doesn’t open at 7:30 AM.

NEGATIVE

1) Sam and Eric  don’t ride the bus to school.

1) They don’t ride the bus to school.2) She doesn’t want a horse for her birthday.3) He doesn’t read a chapter in his book4) They don’t believe in fairies and unicorns.5) It doesn’t open at 7:30 AM.

PRONOUN

Plural subject – DO

Singular subject – DOES

I / we / you / they – dohe / she / it - does

An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.

Examples of action verbs: skip , smell , love , think

1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.3) John reads a chapter in his book4) Children  believe in fairies and unicorns.5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.

Plural subject – DOI / we / you / they

• Do Sam and Eric ride the bus to school?

• Do children believe in fairies and unicorns?

Singular subject – DOEShe / she / it

• Does Jenny want a horse?

• Does John read a chapter in his book?

• Does the café open at 7:30AM?

Yes, they do. / No they don’t. Yes, he / she / it does. / No, he / she / it doesn’t.

DO and

DOESare

HELPING VERBS

DO / DOES + BASE FORM ( verb)

ACTION

VERB

• Do Sam and Eric ride the bus to school?

• Do children believe in fairies and unicorns?

• Don’t Sam and Eric ride the bus to school?

• Don’t children believe in fairies and unicorns?

AFFIRMATIVEQUESTION

NEGATIVEQUESTION

• Doesn’t Jenny want a horse?

• Doesn’t John read a chapter in his book?

• Doesn’t the café open at 7:30AM?

• Does Jenny want a horse?

• Does John read a chapter in his book?

• Does the café open at 7:30AM?

DO / DOES + BASE FORM ( verb)

Choose three from the following verbs and use them in sentences. Make sure to write affirmative, negative and question sentences.

DigBlowBuildFeedSendFeelDrop

DrawDriveThrowWearWriteRide

CreateGive

WORDS TO REMEMBER:

AffirmativePositiveNegativequestionPeriod

Question markAction verb

Helping verb ( auxiliary)Pronoun