English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 40: Do / did / done

Word List
  • do
  • do business with
  • do homework
  • do some exercise(s)
  • do the gardening
  • do the housework
  • do the washing
  • do the washing-up
  • do your best
  • make
Exercises

40.1 ‣ Write questions and answers about the people in the picture.

  1. (the boy)
  2. (the girls)
    _____
  3. (the dog)
    _____
  4. (the man in the house)
    _____
  5. (the woman)
    _____
  6. (the man in the garden)
    _____

40.2 ‣ Write questions and answers about the jobs of the people in the pictures.

  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____

40.3 ‣ Write questions about what the people in Exercise 40.2 did this morning. Answer the questions using the correct form of the phrases in the box.

  1. talk to five patients
  2. teach three lessons
  3. write an essay
  4. go to a meeting
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____

40.4 ‣ Look at the do expressions in D. Write sentences using these activities.

  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____
  7. _____
  8. _____
  9. _____

40.5 ‣ Correct the mistakes in this dialogue.

Anna: Where did you went on your holidays? To Wales?
_____

Pavel: No, we don’t go to Wales this year. We went to Scotland.

Anna: Do your grandmother lives in Scotland?

Pavel: No, she don’t but my uncle do.

Answer Key
A ‣ Do as auxiliary

questionsshort answersnegatives
Do you like tennis?Yes, I do.
So does Matteo.		He doesn’t play well.
Did they like the film?Yes, they did.
So did I.		Leo didn’t see it.
B ‣ What are you doing?

Do as a general verb:

On Saturdays I usually do nothing. I just relax.

Don’t do that, Tommy.

What are the people in the picture doing?
They’re dancing.
C ‣ What do you do?

A: What do you do? [What is your job?]
B: I’m a student. / I’m a hairdresser.

A: What does your wife do? [What’s your wife’s job?]
B: She’s a doctor. / She’s a teacher.

(See Unit 14: Jobs.)

D ‣ Do + activity

do the housework
do the gardening
do the washing
do the washing-up
do your homework
do some exercises
do business with
do your best

A: Did you do the washing this morning?
B: No, I’m going to do it later.

Our company does a lot of business with the US.

The homework is very difficult – just do your best.

Tip

Make a note of any expressions with do that you find when you are reading in English.

(See Unit 41 for the contrast between do and make.)

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