{"id":419,"date":"2016-10-29T18:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2017-05-09T02:14:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T02:14:43","slug":"did-always-takes-the-present-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/parts-speech\/the-basics\/verb\/did-always-takes-the-present-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Did&#8221; Always Takes the Present Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This page was first published on the 27<sup>th<\/sup> of October, 2016 and last updated on the 8<sup>th<\/sup> of May, 2017 by<a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by qimono\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2016\/10\/eb34b00b28f0063ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e6dc1db3184795f3c2_640_question.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"question photo\" \/>\u201c<em>Did<\/em> always takes the present tense\u201d. And that\u2019s something you should know. Even though the action happened in the past, if the word \u201cdid\u201d appears before the verb, the verb must be in the present tense.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the following examples:<\/p>\n<p>I did <em>go<\/em> to the market yesterday. <strong>NOT<\/strong>: I did <em>went<\/em> to the market yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Did you <em>tell<\/em> your parents about it? <strong>NOT<\/strong>: Did you <em>told<\/em> your parents about it?<\/p>\n<p>Did you <em>speak<\/em> to the teacher? <strong>NOT<\/strong>: Did you <em>spoke<\/em> to the teacher?<\/p>\n<p>I did <em>speak<\/em> to the authorities about the matter. <strong>NOT<\/strong>: I did <em>spoke<\/em> to the authorities about the matter.<\/p>\n<p>I was prompted to write this article after I remembered hearing some high level officials making the mistake of using the past tense with \u201cdid\u201d. I was in a meeting some days back, and the main speaker said \u201cI did <em>spoke<\/em> to the officials about the matter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It struck me then that this must be a somewhat prevalent mistake in the English language and one we should work to correct.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related: How Standard English Can Make Guyana Richer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page was first published on the 27th of October, 2016 and last updated on the 8th of May, 2017 by Patrick Carpen. \u201cDid always takes the present tense\u201d. 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