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Auxiliar DID: usos y ejemplos en inglés

Did es un auxiliar que se usa en inglés en el tiempo verbal llamado pasado simple. Vamos a explicar todo sobre esta palabra de la forma más clara posible por medio de preguntas frecuentes:

¿Qué significa y cómo usamos el auxiliar DID?

Esto va a sonar un poco raro, pero la verdad es que no significa absolutamente NADA . Ahora te debes estar preguntando:

¿Pero entonces por qué usamos DID en inglés si no significada nada?

La respuesta es: no tiene una traducción al español, pero es útil para la gramática del inglés. Veamos dos ejemplos para clarificar:

Did he write this letter? / ¿Él escribió esta carta?

En la frase anterior, podemos traducir todas las palabras, excepto el auxiliar DID.

• Write: escribir
• Letter: carta

I did not eat yesterday. / Yo no comí ayer.

• Yesterday: ayer

En las dos oraciones anteriores el auxiliar DID no significa nada (como ya vimos), entonces:

¿Para qué usamos el auxiliar DID?

Lo usamos por una simple, pero, a la vez, poderosa razón: para formar la estructura correcta de las oraciones interrogativas y las oraciones negativas en el pasado simple en inglés. Entonces, su único uso es ayudarnos a formar el pasado simple (Ir a la lección sobre past simple ).

¿Qué ocurre si lo omitimos?

Si no se usa, las oraciones carecen de sentido gramatical y son incorrectas. Es obligatorio.

¿Lo usamos en afirmativo, negativo e interrogativo?

NO. Sólo en frases interrogativas y negativas.

¿Por qué no se puede usar en afirmativo?

Porque para el afirmativo en pasado simple el verbo cambia a su forma del pasado. Vamos a ver tres ejemplos, compara las estructuras:

+ She bought a gift. / Ella compró un regalo.

– She did not buy a gift. / Ella no compró un regalo.

? Did she buy a gift? / ¿Ella compró un regalo?

+ I called you yesterday. / Te llamé ayer.

– I did not call you yesterday. / No te llamé ayer.

? Did I call you yesterday? / ¿Te llamé ayer?

+ They cooked last week. / Ellos cocinaron la semana pasada.

– They did not cook last week. / Ellos no cocinaron la semana pasada.

? Did they cook last week? / ¿Ellos cocinaron la semana pasada?

Si analizamos los tres ejemplos, podemos notar que no usamos DID en oraciones afirmativas. Entiendo, pero he visto que esta palabra se encuentra en algunas frases afirmativas, por ejemplo:

• You did a good job. / Hiciste un buen trabajo.

¿Es esta oración correcta?

Sí es correcta. En este caso, DID no es una auxiliar, sino el verbo central de la oración. Su significado en español como verbo es HACER (ir a la lección sobre las diferencias entre el verbo Do y Make ). Entonces cuando DID es el verbo de la oración, es correcto:

• I did homework. / Hice la tarea.
• He did me a favor. / Me hizo un favor.
• We did the shopping. / Hicimos las compras.

Al hablar en pasado en oraciones afirmativas, no combines Did con otros verbos porque es incorrecto:

• I did called you yesterday. (No tiene sentido)
• I did call you yesterday. (No tiene sentido)
• I called you yesterday. / Te llamé ayer. ( Oración correcta )

Nota de aprendizaje: Como ya se mencionó, DID es un auxiliar. Si quieres aumentar tu conocimiento sobre este tema, puedes ir a la lección donde se explican todos los auxiliares del inglés .

Veo que para las oraciones negativas se usa DID y NOT DIDN’T, pero:

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Did not y Didn’t?

No existe ninguna diferencia. Lo único es que DID NOT se utiliza en escritos formales, y DIDN’T en conversaciones y formas escritas informales como Whatsapp. Las siguientes oraciones significan lo mismo:

• She did not read the report. / Ella no leyó el informe.
• She didn’t read the report. / Ella no leyó el informe.

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Lecciones relacionadas: Te recomendamos dos lecciones para practicar este tema: 1 . Ejercicio de Did vs Was y Were y 2 . Ejercicio de lectura sobre el pasado .

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because he <had> said he hadn't finished his homework at 6 pm

• Thread starter Hidetomo
• Start date Jul 31, 2019

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• Jul 31, 2019

Hello. I teach English, and the sentence (A) is in my textbook. (A) Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary because he said he hadn't finished his homework at 6 pm yesterday. My question is whether the sentence (B) is possible and, if it is, are there any difference from (A) in meaning. And, if (B) is not possible, could you tell me why? (B) Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary because he had said he hadn't finished his homework at 6 pm yesterday. Thank you in advance.  

Franco-filly

Is this an extract from a book/reader - if so what is the prior sentence - or is it an exercise? I find it a rather confusing sentence as we don't know when Tom was supposed to have gone to the movies, who he told about his homework and it sounds as though he could have told someone "I didn't finish my homework at 6pm yesterday." Something like "Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary yesterday evening/last night because he'd told me at 6p.m. (yesterday) that he hadn't finished his homework.  

Thank you, Franco-filly. Actually, this is a composition exercise from Japanese into English, and (A) is a correct answer. I've got your points; in the original Japanese sentence, the time Tom was supposed to have gone to the movies was not clear, and he told about his homework to "me". So, (A) would be better if I put "to me" after "he said": Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary because he said to me (or told me) he hadn't finished his homework at 6 p.m. yesterday. And your sentence is far clearer in terms of tense and, thus, much better. But the problem is that the time to go to the movies is not mentioned in the original sentence. So, it is possible to say, " .... because he had told me at 6 p.m. that he hadn't finished his homework.", to use past perfect as main verb and in that clause at the same time.  

Thomas Tompion

Member emeritus.

I'm mildly puzzled about sentence A too. I'd understand it as follows: Tom said that at 6 pm he hadn't finished his homework, so he wasn't free to go to the pictures. This would make A a mildly unidiomatic, slightly muddled (did he say it at 6 pm, or had he not finished by 6 pm?) way of drawing a conclusion, and I don't think the past perfect would be natural in the sentence.  

I find it a rather confusing sentence because it seems that the cause is "he said". If he had kept quiet about it, he would have gone to the movies.  

Thomas Tompion said: I'm mildly puzzled about sentence A too. I'd understand it as follows: Tom said that at 6 pm he hadn't finished his homework, so he wasn't free to go to the pictures. This would make A a mildly unidiomatic, slightly muddled (did he say it at 6 pm, or had he not finished by 6 pm?) way of drawing a conclusion, and I don't think the past perfect would be natural in the sentence. Click to expand...

Myridon said: I find it a rather confusing sentence because it seems that the cause is "he said". If he had kept quiet about it, he would have gone to the movies. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: Thank you, Thomas Tompion. In this sentence, he said this at 6 pm, not he hadn't finished by 6 pm. Is it possible to change your sentence into "Tom said that at 6 pm he hadn't finished his homework, so he probably didn't go to the pictures." ? Click to expand...

• Aug 2, 2019

Thomas Tompion said: That wouldn't resolve uncertainty about 'at 6 pm'. If he said this at 6 pm, say " At 6 pm Tom said that he hadn't finished his homework, so he wasn't able to go to the pictures." The bit about him probably not going to the pictures would be possible if you suspect Tom of being mendacious. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: Thank you very much, Thomas Tompion. I am afraid I don't quite follow what you are saying here. Sorry, but could you tell me what you mean? Also, in #4, you said past perfect is not natural in this sentence. "At 6 pm yesterday, Tom had told me that he had not finished his homework, so he probably didn't go to the movies with Mary that night." We learn that you can use past perfect when one event happened before another in the past. In this sentence, "Tom had told me" happened before "he didn't go to the movies with Mary". Am I wrong? Click to expand...

Thomas Tompion said: Question: Why do we think Tom didn't go to the pictures? Answer: Because he said he was still doing his homework at 6 pm. Not because he had said this, if I am any judge. There are little infelicities in the original which make you questions hard to answer, Hidetomo. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: Thank you again, Thomas Tompion. I am terribly sorry for infelicities, but it seems that I am still missing your point... "Because he said he was still doing his homework at 6 pm." makes perfect sense and I agree this is correct, but if I say "Because he had said he was still doing his homework at 6 pm", is it gramatically impossbile, or does it mean something really different? I am really, really sorry to ask you a question that is hard to answer, but tense, especially past perfct, is very confusing... And I have to explain this to one of my students, so I need to fully understand this. Click to expand...

Thank you very much, Thomas Tompion. I was just wondering if it was possbile to establish anteriority here, (it's not really I wish to, but I just like to know if it is possbile) by regarding the presumable fact that "Tom probably didn't go to the pictures with Mary" as "an important later time", because that could only happen after 6 pm yesterday. In #2, Franco-filly proposed a sentence, "Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary yesterday evening/last night because he'd told me at 6p.m. (yesterday) that he hadn't finished his homework." What do you think about this sentence? He used past perfect as main verb ("he had told me") and in that clause ("he hadn't finished his homework") at the same time. I just would like to know if this is possible. Thank you!  

I've lost track of what you are trying to do here, Hidetomo. Are you asking if sentence B is a possible sentence, grammatically? or whether it is consistent with facts presented in sentence A. You write as though you have no certain train of events in your mind which you wish to explain.  

Hidetomo said: (A) Tom probably didn't go to the movies with Mary because he said he hadn't finished his homework at 6 pm yesterday. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: because he'd told Click to expand...

• Aug 3, 2019

Thomas Tompion said: I've lost track of what you are trying to do here, Hidetomo. Are you asking if sentence B is a possible sentence, grammatically? or whether it is consistent with facts presented in sentence A. You write as though you have no certain train of events in your mind which you wish to explain. Click to expand...

dojibear said: "has said" (present perfect) means it happened before "now". "had said" (past perfect) means it happened before "then". You cannot use present perfect without establishing a "then" first. Usually that is done by using another verb. For example: This time he got caught. Before this he had always gotten away with it. This sentence is incorrect. It says "because he said". But it means "because he hadn't finished". Same problem. "He couldn't because he'd told me" is simply false. "Telling you" did not allow or prevent anything. Suggestion: if you want to discuss a grammar point, simplify your example sentence. Is your question about indirect speech? If not, remove "told" from your example sentence. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: At 6 pm yesterday, Tom told me he hadn't finished his homework, so he probably didn't go to the movies with Mary. Click to expand...

Another way that people describe this "he told me at 6pm" is "I talked to him at 6pm", then the information he told me. For example: I'm sure Tom didn't go to the movies with Mary. I talked to Tom at 6pm, and he hadn't finished his homework yet.  

dojibear said: Another way that people describe this "he told me at 6pm" is "I talked to him at 6pm", then the information he told me. For example: I'm sure Tom didn't go to the movies with Mary. I talked to Tom at 6pm, and he hadn't finished his homework yet. Click to expand...

Hidetomo said: Yes, I am asking if sentence B is gramatically possbile. Click to expand...

Thomas Tompion said: It is possible but, in my view, it needs a context (ie. previous sentences) establishing a time after 6 pm. to justify the anteriority implicit in your use of the past perfect. Click to expand...

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Grammar: When to Use Do, Does, and Did

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• 12th August 2022

Verbs are essential to creating complete sentences, as they help us express physical actions ( She jumped in the puddle) , mental actions ( He thought about puppies) , and states of being ( I am hungry) .

There are several types of verbs that can each be written in different tenses, so they can be tricky to work with, especially if English isn’t your first language . We’ve put together a guide to help you use one of the most common verbs, do , in your writing . Read on below to learn more!

Action Verbs

As the name suggests, action verbs are used to express actions completed by the subject of a sentence. The base verb do is conjugated according to the tense:

1. Present Tense

In the present tense, do takes the form do or does, depending on the subject:

Consider the following examples:

We do our homework every night.

   She does her homework every night.

2. Past Tense

In the simple past tense , the base verb do takes the form did with all subjects:

   We did our homework last night.

   She did her homework last night.

Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary , or helping verbs, are used with another base verb to create negative sentences, questions, or add emphasis. Here’s how do should be used as an auxiliary verb:

1. Negative Sentences

Following the same subject–verb pairings introduced above, we combine the auxiliaries do , does , and did with the adverb not to create negative sentences:

   We do not do our homework every night.

   She did not do her homework last night.

Note that we can combine the auxiliary and the adverb to create the contractions don’t , doesn’t , and didn’t . You simply remove the space between the two words and replace the letter o in not with an apostrophe (’).

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Contractions are more common in conversations and informal writing and typically shouldn’t be used in formal writing (e.g., academic or business).

2. Questions

To create questions, the auxiliary is combined with the infinitive of another verb in this way: auxiliary verb + subject + infinitive verb .

●  Simple present questions:

Do they sell children’s books?

Does he speak English?

Note that the third person verb speaks isn’t spelled with the s when paired with the auxiliary to form a question.

●  Simple past questions:

Did you buy anything at the bookstore?

Did he learn how to speak English?

Note that did indicates the past tense, so the main verbs don’t also take the past tense (i.e., bought and learned ).

3. Emphasis

In positive sentences, we can also combine the auxiliaries do , does , and did with the main verb to emphasize that something is true:

   We do sell children’s books.

   He did learn to speak English.

Try saying these sentences aloud and adding emphasis to the auxiliary terms with your tone. It adds a dramatic effect!

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1. What she _________ (do) last night? She _________ (do) her homework. 2. My brother_________ (not/use) the computer yesterday. 3. She _________ (live) in Hanoi. 4. Helen _________ (read) the newspaper last night. 5. He _________ (forget) something? 6. I _________ (go) to the supermarket after school. 7. You _________ (see) Annes cat yesterday? 8. She was very sad, so she _________ (leave) the office early. 9. Jack _________ (get) married last month? 10. Last week I _________ (visit) Temple of Literature in Ha Noi. 11. Hasley _________ (eat) pumpkin soup for dinner. 12. My sister _________ (go) to the zoo yesterday. 13. Kate _________ (have) a great time in Paris last summer. 14. What she _________ (eat) for dinner yesterday? 15. I _________ (buy) many souvenirs for my parents. 16. My brother _________ (write) my mother several letters. 17. Helen _________ (help) me with my homework last week. 18. I _________ (return) to Seoul yesterday. 19. She _________ (go) to the club with a stranger yesterday. 20. She _________ (prepare) dinner with her mother yesterday

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1. What did she do last night? She did her homework.

last night: quá khứ -> do -> did

2. My brother did not use the computer yesterday.

not-> phủ định mà yesterday : quá khứ -> did not

3. She lives in Hanoi.

She số ít -> live thêm s

4. Helen read the newspaper last night.

5. He forgets something.

He số ít -> V thêm s

6. I go to the supermarket after school .

7. You see Anne's cat yesterday?

8. She was very sad, so she leave the office early.

9. Jack get married last month?

10. Last week I visited the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi.

Last week: QK -> V2/ed

11. Hasley eats pumpkin soup for dinner.

Hasley số ít -> V s/es

12. My sister went to the zoo yesterday.

yesterday: tuần trước -> V2/ed

13. Kate had a great time in Paris last summer.

last summer: QK -> V2/ed

14. What did she eat for dinner yesterday?

15. I buy many souvenirs for my parents.

16. My brother writes my mother several letters.

My brother số ít -> V s/es

17. Helen helped me with my homework last week.

18. I returned to Seoul yesterday.

19. She went to the club with a stranger yesterday.

20. She prepare dinner with her mother yesterday

18/19/20 : yesterday : QK -> V2/ed

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`1,` did....do `-` did

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "last night" là DHNB

`2,` didn't use 

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "yesterday" là DHNB

`-` $\text{S + V(s/es)}$

`5,` Does......forget

`-` $\text{Do/Does + S + V}$

`7,` Did.....see

`8,`  left

`-` Vế trước dùng QKĐ thì vế sau cũng dùng QKĐ

`9,` Did.....get

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "last month" là DHNB

`10,` visited

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "Last week" là DHNB

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "last summer" là DHNB

`14,` did......eat

`16,` writes

`17,` helped

`-` Dùng QKĐ vì có "last week" là DHNB

`18,`  returned

`20,` prepared

__________________________________________

$\text{*Past Simple}$

`@` Với ĐT tobe:

`(+)` $\text{S + was/were + O.....}$

`(-)` $\text{S + was/were + not + O.....}$

`(?)` $\text{Was/Were + (not) + S + O......}$

`@` Với ĐT thường:

`(+)` $\text{S + Vpp}$

`(-)` $\text{S + didn't + V}$

`(?)` $\text{Did + (not) + S + V}$

`-` DHNB: yesterday, last (week, month, year, ....), ago, ...

Bổ sung từ chuyên gia

1. What did she do last night? She did her homework. last night: quá khứ: wh-words+ did+ S+V? S+ Ved/cột 2

2. My brother did not use the computer yesterday. yesterday : quá khứ đơn: S+ did not+ V

3. She lives in Hanoi. htđ: S+ V(s/es)

4. Helen read the newspaper last night. last night=> qkđ: S+ Ved/cột 2

5. He forgets something. htđ: S+ V(s/es) He số ít -> V thêm s

6. I go to the supermarket after school. htđ: S+ V(s/es)

7. Did You see Anne's cat yesterday? yesterday=> quá khứ: did+ S+V?

8. She was very sad, so she left the office early. qkđ: S+ Ved/cột 2

9. did Jack get married last month? last month=> quá khứ: did+ S+V?

10. Last week I visited the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi. Last week: QK -> V2/ed

11. Hasley eats pumpkin soup for dinner. htđ: S+ V(s/es)

12. My sister went to the zoo yesterday. yesterday: S+ Ved/cột 2

13. Kate had a great time in Paris last summer. last summer: S+ Ved/cột 2

14. What did she eat for dinner yesterday? yesterday=> quá khứ: wh-words+ did+ S+V?

15. I buy many souvenirs for my parents. htđ: S+ V(s/es)

16. My brother writes my mother several letters. htđ: S+ V(s/es) My brother số ít -> V s/es

17. Helen helped me with my homework last week. Last week: S+ Ved/cột 2

18. I returned to Seoul yesterday. yesterday=>S+ Ved/cột 2

19. She went to the club with a stranger yesterday. yesterday=>S+ Ved/cột 2

20. She prepared dinner with her mother yesterday yesterday=>S+ Ved/cột 2

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