1) 构成一般疑问句,例如:
Do you want to pass the CET?你想通过大学英语测试吗?
Did you study German?你们学过德语吗?
2) do + not 构成否定句,例如:
I do not want to be criticized. 我不想挨批评。
He doesn't like to study. 他不想学习。
In the past, many students did not know the importance of English.过去,好多学生不知道英语的重要性。
3)构成否定祈使句,例如:
Don't go there.不要去那里。
Don't be so absent-minded.不要这么心不在焉。
说明: 构成否定祈使句只用do,不用did和does。
4) 放在动词原形前,加强该动词的语气,例如:
Do come to my birthday party.一定来参加我的生日宴会。
I did go there.我确实去那儿了。
I do miss you.我确实想你。
5) 用于倒装句,例如:
Never did I hear of such a thing. 我从未听说过这样的事情。
Only when we begin our college life do we realize the importance of English.
只有在开始大学生活时我们才认识到英语的重要性。
说明: 引导此类倒装句的副词有never, seldom, rarely, little, only, so, well等。
6) 用作代动词,例如:
---- Do you like Beijing?--你喜欢北京吗?
---- Yes, I do.--是的,喜欢。(do用作代动词,代替like Beijing.)
He knows how to drive a car, doesn't he?
他知道如何开车,对吧?
be about to,be due to,be going to,be likely to,be meant to
be obliged to,be supposed to,be willing to, have to,seem to
be unable to,be unwilling to等。