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Emphatic structures can be used both in the present tense and past tense, and
can have affirmative and negative forms.
Affirmative
Negative
Present emphatic
o We use a present auxiliary verb do or does, do not or does not before an
infinitive in a sentence, in order to add emphasis to that verb.
o In its affirmative form has this structure:
Subject + do/does [auxiliary verb] + infinitive [without to] + …
o In its negative form has this structure:
Subject + do/does [auxiliary verb] + not + infinitive [without to] + …
Negative short forms are: don’t/doesn’t.
Past emphatic
o We use the past auxiliary verb did or did not before an infinitive in a sentence
in order to add emphasis to that verb.
o In its affirmative form has this structure:
Subject + did [auxiliary verb in past simple tense] + infinitive + …
o In its negative form has this structure:
Subject + did [auxiliary verb in past simple tense] + not + infinitive + …
Negative short form is: didn’t.
Affirmative
Negative
Present Emphatic:
Past Emphatic:
Emphatic structures are used to underline the contrast between two opposite
things.
Show that something that was expected in the past actually happened;
Underline the contrast between two opposite past things.
Affirmative forms
Present emphatic: Subject + do/does [auxiliary verb] + infinitive [without
to] + …
Past emphatic: Subject + did [auxiliary verb in past simple tense] +
infinitive + …
Negative forms
Present emphatic: Subject + do/does [auxiliary verb] + not + infinitive
[without to] + …
Past emphatic: Subject + did [auxiliary verb in past simple tense] + not +
infinitive + …
Present emphatic is used to express emotive or contrastive emphasis in the
present.
For example:
— “I do work!” = The subject emphasizes that he/she works by using present
emphatic structure.
— “I did work!” = The subject emphasizes that he/she actually worked in the
past by using past emphatic structure.
Let’s revise this content within the {Form} section. Take a look
at the {Example} section that shows its use within a context.