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Emphatic Forms of The Verb

The document discusses emphatic forms of verbs in English. It defines emphatic expressions as those said with emphasis to indicate importance. The emphatic forms of verbs are the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did, which are used to add emphasis to ideas expressed by verbs in the present and past tense. Examples are provided of emphatic forms being used to contradict statements or emphasize certainty. The document clarifies that do, does, and did are not emphatic when used in questions or to express accomplishment.

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Emphatic Forms of The Verb

The document discusses emphatic forms of verbs in English. It defines emphatic expressions as those said with emphasis to indicate importance. The emphatic forms of verbs are the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did, which are used to add emphasis to ideas expressed by verbs in the present and past tense. Examples are provided of emphatic forms being used to contradict statements or emphasize certainty. The document clarifies that do, does, and did are not emphatic when used in questions or to express accomplishment.

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Present and Past

Emphatic Forms of
the Verb
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Lesson Objectives
Identify the use of emphatic forms of
the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did.

Use the emphatic forms of the verb in


written and oral communication.

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Emphatic Expressions
An emphatic expression is one that is said with
emphasis and stress to indicate importance. This
type of expression is used to show you have strong
feelings about what you are saying. Often
emphatic expressions that are written have an
exclamation point (!) at the end of the sentence.

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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
The emphatic forms of the verb are often
used to give greater emphasis to the idea
expressed by the verb. The auxiliaries do,
does, and did are used to give this additional
emphasis. The emphatic forms are used in
two tenses, the present and past tense.
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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
Example phrases using emphatic forms:

I did call He does lie

She does eat You did dance

The do attend I did play

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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
When the auxiliary verbs do, does, and did are used
in questions, the form is not for emphasis. In the
following questions, do, does, and did are not in
an emphatic form:
1. Do you have to go now?
2. Doe he want to eat tonight?
3. Did she buy that hat last week?
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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
Also, when do, does, and did are used to mean
accomplish, carry out, finish, etc., the form is not
used for emphasis in these cases. The examples are
below:

1. I do my homework after class.


2. He does a good job every day.
3. We did our best work today.
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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
Take a look at the sentence below:
" He doesn't work very hard. "
" I don't agree with you, he does work very hard. "
In the second sentence, the speaker uses teh emphatic
form does work as a way of contradcting the first
speaker.

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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
Examples of present emphatic forms (DOES):
Does he run fast? - He does run fast.
She does look good in that dress.
He does eat vegetables, doesn't he?
She doesn't like cheese, does she? -But she does
like cheese! In fact, she does love it!

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Emphatic Forms of the Verb

Examples of present emphatic forms (DO):


I do believe we've met somewhere before.
They do think that English is an easy language to
learn.
My friends do love attending parties.

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Emphatic Forms of the Verb
Examples of past emphatic forms (DID):
My mom did buy me a lovely dress for the party.
He did notice me completely back in our last
encounter.
My friends did like the movie that I recommended
them to watch.

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