English grammar
Do as a verb: What do you do? I do sport
Say what you do at the weekend.
From the scene What do you do at the weekend?
In short
Use do for activities like sport and yoga: I do yoga. In What do you do?, keep both do's.
Your turn
Which one goes with activities?
Options: I do sport. / I do yoga. (not make) · What do you do? · I don't do anything.
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activities → I do sport. / I do yoga. (not make)
How it works
Use do for many activities (not make): I do sport, I do yoga.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
I (blank) yoga on Saturdays.
Options: do · make · does
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I do yoga on Saturdays.
Hago yoga los sábados.
Good to know
In What do you do? the first do makes the question and the second is the verb, so don't drop it (not What you do?). He / she: does.
Good to know
Use only one negative: I don't do anything (not I don't do nothing).
question What do you do?
Javi
Nuria, what do you do at the weekend?
Nuria, ¿qué haces el fin de semana?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Nuria, (blank) at the weekend?
Options: I do sport · I don't do anything · what do you do
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Javi
Nuria, what do you do at the weekend?
Nuria, ¿qué haces el fin de semana?
activities I do sport. / I do yoga. (not make)
Nuria
I do sport. I go to the gym.
Hago deporte. Voy al gimnasio.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank). I go to the gym.
Options: I don't do anything · I do sport · What do you do
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Nuria
I do sport. I go to the gym.
Hago deporte. Voy al gimnasio.
nothing I don't do anything.
he / she Does she do sport?
Javi
And Doña Elena? Does she do sport?
¿Y Doña Elena? ¿Hace deporte?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
And Doña Elena? (blank)?
Options: I do sport · Does she do sport · What do you do
Show answer
Javi
And Doña Elena? Does she do sport?
¿Y Doña Elena? ¿Hace deporte?
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| question | What do you do? |
|---|---|
| activities | I do sport. / I do yoga. (not make) |
| nothing | I don't do anything. |
| he / she | Does she do sport? |
More lines from the story
- NuriaI do yoga on Saturdays.Hago yoga los sábados.
- NuriaDoña Elena? No! She eats churros.¿Doña Elena? ¡No! Ella come churros.
- JaviWhat sport do you do?¿Qué deporte haces?