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DO, DOES, DID + bare infinitive

The auxiliary verbs do, does and did are followed by the bare infinitive to form negative and interrogative sentences in the past simple and present simple tenses:

Future simple for intentions (offers, promises and decisions)

The future simple tense is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions):

Future simple for predictions

The future simple is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition, and not on present evidence. Whether or not the event will happen is not certain. Such predictions are often introduced by I think / I don't think:

Future simple in complex sentences

The future simple tense is often used in the main clause of complex sentences that refer to future time and contain clauses of condition, time or purpose. In the subordinate clause (starting with if, when, as soon as, after, before, the moment etc.), we usually use a present tense:

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