Question: difference between do and to be?
Answer: The difference between the verbs “to do” and “to be” is that, whereas the verb “to do” is an “action-verb” called a transitive verb, the verb “to be” is a linking verb called the “copula.” Again, whereas, on the one hand, the verb “to do” takes an object, the verb “to be,” on the other hand, does NOT take an object.