do
/duː/verb
उच्चारण डू
करना
Basic wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as idiom, phrasal verb
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[T] ~ sth
to perform an action or activity
करना
- What are you doing?
- Do your homework.
- What did you do at the weekend?
+ 4 more examples
- I'll do the washing-up if you cook.
- She did well in her final exam.
- He does his exercises every morning before school.
- We must do something about the leaking tap.
Synonyms perform carry out execute undertake accomplish
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[I]
to be good enough or suitable
काम चल जाना, पर्याप्त होना
- This pen will do.
- A plain blue shirt will do for tomorrow's interview.
- Any seat will do for me.
+ 2 more examples
- Will five hundred rupees do, or do you need more?
- A short note will do; you needn't write a long letter.
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used before a full verb to form negative sentences and questions, and to give emphasis
(सहायक क्रिया) प्रश्न और नकारात्मक बनाने के लिए
- Do you like tea?
- I did study hard.
- Do you know where the library is?
+ 4 more examples
- I don't like tea, but I do like coffee.
- She does not live here any more.
- Did you see the match last night?
- Do be careful on the wet stairs!
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
do + object (activity or task)
Do is the main verb for work, tasks and subjects that are not made or created.
काम, कार्य और विषयों के लिए 'do' मुख्य क्रिया के रूप में आता है।
- Radhika does her homework after tea.
- He is doing a course in accountancy.
do + the/some/any + -ing
Do is used with -ing nouns for household and regular activities.
घर के और नियमित कामों के लिए 'do' के साथ -ing रूप आता है।
- I do the shopping on Sundays.
- Who will do the cooking today?
do (auxiliary) + base verb
As an auxiliary, do makes questions and negatives in the present and past simple, and it takes the base form after it.
Auxiliary के रूप में 'do' present और past simple के प्रश्न व निषेध बनाता है; इसके बाद verb का base form आता है।
- Did you call the bank?
- She does not eat meat.
do + base verb for emphasis
Stress do to insist or to contrast with something said before.
ज़ोर देने या पिछली बात के विपरीत कहने के लिए 'do' पर बल दिया जाता है।
- I do want to join the army.
- Do come in, please.
do so / do the same (substitute)
Do so replaces a verb phrase that has already been used.
पहले आ चुके verb phrase की जगह 'do so' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He asked me to wait, and I did so.
+Collocations 5
do + noun (work)
homeworkbusinessresearcha favourdamage
- Could you do me a favour and sign here?
do + the + noun
disheswashingshoppingcleaningironing
- My brother does the dishes after dinner.
do + one's + noun
bestdutyhairbitjob
- Every citizen should do his duty.
adverb + do
wellbadlynothinganythinglittle
- Our team did badly in the second half.
do + good/harm
goodharmwondersjusticedamage
- A morning walk will do you good.
“More examples 5
- What does your father do?
आपके पिताजी क्या काम करते हैं?
- This room will do for the meeting.
यह कमरा बैठक के लिए ठीक रहेगा।
- She did very well in the SSC interview.
उसने SSC के साक्षात्कार में बहुत अच्छा प्रदर्शन किया।
- How do you do? I am pleased to meet you.
आप कैसे हैं? आपसे मिलकर प्रसन्नता हुई।
- I did not know that the shop closes at noon.
मुझे नहीं पता था कि दुकान दोपहर को बंद हो जाती है।
!Common mistakes 4
✗ She did not went to school yesterday.
✓ She did not go to school yesterday.
After did, the main verb stays in its base form.
'Did' के बाद मुख्य verb अपने base form में रहता है।
✗ He do his homework every day.
✓ He does his homework every day.
With a third-person singular subject in the present, use does.
Third person singular subject के साथ present में 'does' आता है।
✗ Do you know where does he live?
✓ Do you know where he lives?
In an embedded question, the word order is that of a statement and does is not repeated.
Embedded question में statement का word order रहता है और 'does' दोहराया नहीं जाता।
✗ Radhika made her homework before dinner.
✓ Radhika did her homework before dinner.
Homework is done, not made.
Homework के साथ 'do' आता है, 'make' नहीं।
→Phrasal verbs 8
do away with sth
to get rid of something; to abolish something
(किसी चीज़ को) समाप्त करना, ख़त्म कर देना
- The government has done away with the old tax.
do sth up
to fasten a coat, shoe, etc.; to repair and decorate a building
(बटन, फीता) बंद करना; (मकान की) मरम्मत और सजावट करना
- Do up your shoelaces.
- They bought an old house and did it up.
do without (sb/sth)
to manage without somebody or something
(किसी के) बिना काम चलाना
- We can't do without electricity even for a day.
could do with sb/sth
to need or want somebody or something
(किसी चीज़ की) ज़रूरत होना, चाह होना
- I could do with a cup of tea.
have/be to do with sb/sth
to be connected with somebody or something
(किसी से) संबंध होना
- The book has to do with Indian history.
- What has it got to do with you?
do sb out of sth
(informal) to stop somebody from having something, especially unfairly
(बेईमानी से) किसी को किसी चीज़ से वंचित करना
- They tried to do him out of his share of the money.
do sb in
to kill sb (informal); to make sb extremely tired (British, informal)
(किसी को) मार डालना (अनौपचारिक); (किसी को) बुरी तरह थका देना
- The villain planned to do the old man in for his money.
- That long walk in the heat really did me in.
do sth over
to clean or decorate sth again (British); to do sth again (North American English)
(किसी चीज़ को) फिर से सजाना या रंगना; (किसी काम को) दोबारा करना
- We're having the kitchen done over.
- The teacher told him to do the exercise over.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart do and make: do is for work and tasks (do homework, do your duty, do a favour), make is for creating (make a cake, make a mistake, make a decision).
Do और make को अलग रखिए: do काम और कार्यों के लिए (do homework, do your duty, do a favour), make बनाने के लिए (make a cake, make a mistake, make a decision)।
§Grammar and usage
Do and does are used for questions and negatives in the present simple ('Does she know?', 'He does not know'); did for the past ('Did you go?'); after do, does and did, the main verb is in the base form ('Did he go?', not 'Did he went?').
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: present simple में प्रश्न और नकारात्मक के लिए do और does ('Does she know?', 'He does not know'); past के लिए did ('Did you go?'); do, does और did के बाद मुख्य verb base form में ('Did he go?', 'Did he went?' नहीं)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Do away with (abolish), do without (manage without), do up (repair; fasten).
Idioms: do away with (समाप्त करना), do without (बिना काम चलाना), do up (मरम्मत करना; बाँधना)।