Emphatic form
- 1. EMPHATIC FORM Simple present and simple past
- 2. Emphatic Forms of the Verb The emphatic forms of a 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 only two tenses, the present tense and the past tense.
- 3. EXAMPLES. I do call You do call She, he, it does call We do call They do call I did call You did call She, he, it did call They did call
- 4. When do, does, and did are used in questions, the form is not for emphasis. The use of do, does, and did in questions is an idiomatic way of asking questions in English. In the following questions do, does, and did are not the emphatic form of the verb. Do you have to go now? Does he want to eat tonight? Did she buy that hat this week?
- 5. Also when do, does, and did are used to mean accomplish, carry out, etc.,the form is not used for emphasis in these cases. Here are examples of that: I do my homework after class. He does a good job every day. We did our best work today.
- 6. EXAMPLE -"He doesn't work very hard." -"I don't agree with you- he does work very hard.“ In the second sentence , the speaker uses the emphatic form does work as a way of contradicting the first speaker.
- 7. Does he run fast? He does run fast. She does look good in that dress. I do believe we’ve met somewhere before. I do think English is an easy language to learn She doesn't like cheese, does she? - But she does like cheese! In fact she loves it. He does eat meat, doesn't he?