I'm wondering if I could use "do" to make emphasis in different tenses? I've found examples of its using in Present Simple. So, could I use it with, for instance, other Simple tenses or, what is more interesting, with Perfect tenses? As far as I know, it just unlogical and awkward to find this verb followed by Progressive verb.
Answer
The emphatic do is used with the present and past simple:
You don't eat fish.
I do eat fish!You didn't clean your room.
I did clean my room!
The emphatic do isn't used with progressive tenses. For those, we just stress the auxiliary verb that we use.
You aren't listening.
I am listening!You won't see it.
I will see it!
And it isn't used with perfect tenses - again, we just stress the auxiliary:
You haven't read the book.
I have read the book!You hadn't been there.
I had been there!
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