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'Make'or'Do'?

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Itcanbehardtodecidewhentouse'make'or'do'inEnglish.Here'ssomehelp.
1:Weuse'make'whenwecreateorconstructsomething.Forexample:
Shemadeacake.
I'vemadeussomecoffee.
Didyoureallymakethosetrousers?

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What'sNew? 2:Weuse'do'forgeneralactivities.Inthiscase,'do'isoftenusedwith
Videos 'something','nothing','anything'or'everything':
PDFs

Whatdidyoudoattheweekend?
Ididn'tdoanythingyesterday.
She'sfedupwithdoingeverythingherself.Sheneedssomehelp.
Areyoudoinganythinginterestingduringtheholidays?

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VerbTenses NOTE:'Whatdoyoudo?'means'what'syourjob?'
VerbPatterns 3:Therearemany,manyfixedexpressionswith'make'and'do'.Unfortunately,
Questions theydon'treallyfollowanyusefulrules,soyouhavetolearnthem.Sorry!
Adjectives
Conditionals

Here'salist:(downloadthislistinPDF).

ReportedSpeech Andclickherefor'make'or'do'exercise1.
ThePassive
IrregularVerbs
StativeVerbs
RelativeClauses
Prepositions
Modals

DO:
30mph

Manypeopledomorethan30mphthroughthistown.

(milesper
hour)

It'sverydangerous.

badly

Shedidverybadlyontheexam,soshe'llhavetoretake
it.

yourbest

Don'tworryaboutgettingeverythingcorrect.Justdo

Gerundsand
Infinitives
Participles

yourbest.

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Aboutme

business

It'sbeenapleasuredoingbusinesswithyou.

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F.A.Q.
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chores

Ihavetogohomeanddosomechoresthisafternoon.

acourse

Johnhasdecidedtodoacourseincomputingthis

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acrossword

Shesatonthesofa,doingacrosswordanddrinkingtea.

damage

Thestormhasdonealotofdamagetothehouse.

Email
Address

thedishes/

Ireallyhatedoingthedishes.I'mhopingtobuya
dishwasherthisyear.

FirstName

thewashing
up
adrawing

Thelittleboyspenthoursdoingadrawing.

Then

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addressonlytosendyou
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yourduty

Hehastodohisdutyandlookafterhiselderlyparents.

anexam

Ihavetodothreeexamsandwriteahugeessaythis
term.

exercise

Julielikesdoingexercise,especiallyrunning.

anexercise

Theteacheraskedustodoalotofgrammarexercises
overtheholidays

someonea
favour

Myfrienddidmeahugefavourandlentmesome
money.

thegardening

DavidoftenspendsSundayafternoonsdoinggardening.

good

Shehelpshomelesspeopleandtriestodogood.

yougood

Youshouldeatyourvegetables.They'lldoyougood!

yourhair

Alliespendsagesdoingherhairinthemorning.

harm

Ispiltcoffeeonmysuitandtriedtocleanit,butIdid
moreharmthangood.Itlooksevenworsenow!

homework

Haveyoufinisheddoingyourhomework?

housework

Let'sdothehouseworkquicklythismorning,thenwe
cangooutforlunch.

theironing

Mymotherlistenstotheradiowhileshedoesthe
ironing.

ajob

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Ithinkthestudentsdidagreatjobwiththisessay.It's
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thelaundry/
thewashing

Hedidthelaundry,cleanedthehouse,andmade
dinner.

yournails

Jennylikestodohernailseachweek.

apainting

Therewasanoldmansittingonthebankoftheriver,
doingapainting.

paperwork

Doeseverybodyhatedoingpaperwork?

research

I'mdoingsomeresearchformythesisatthemoment.

theshopping

I'lldotheshoppingtomorrowmorning.Weneedmilk,
bread,pastaandbananas.

time(=bein
prison)

Hebrokeintoabank,wascaughtbythepolice,andnow
he'sdoingtime.

well

Mysisterisdoingwellinhernewjob.

work

Unfortunately,Lucydoesalotofworkattheweekends.

yourworst

I'veboughtallnewwinterclothes:
boots,acoatanda
verywarmhat.Weather,doyourworst!

MAKE:
amends

I'msosorrythatIupsetyou.HowcanImakeamends?

an
appointment

Shehadtoothache,soshemadeanappointmentwith
thedentistforthefollowingday.

arrangements

Okay,sowe'regoingtogoonholidayinSeptember.
Let'smakesomearrangements.I'llfindahotel,andyou
canlookatflights.

anattempt

Iknowwemightnotcatchtheplane,butlet'satleast
makeanattempttobeontime.

believe

Thechildren'sfavouritegameistomakebelievethat
theyarekingsandqueensfromlongago.

certain

Ithinkthecafopensatsix,butlet'smakecertain.I
don'twanttobestandinginthestreetwaiting!

achange

I'vemadesomechangestothedocument.

achoice

Whichjobareyougoingtotake?Youneedtomakea

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choice.
acomment

Mymothermadeacommentaboutmyshoes.

acomplaint

ThefoodtooksolongtoarrivethatJuliemadea
complainttothemanager.

aconfession

I'dliketomakeaconfession.Iwastheonewhoatethe
lastofthechocolate.

adate

I'dlovetoseeyousoon.Howaboutifwemakeadate
fornextweek?

adecision

I'vemademydecision.I'mgoingtogobackto
university.

adifference

GoingtothegymhasreallymadeadifferencetohowI
feel.

adiscovery

WhenJohnwaslastinLondonhemadeadiscoverya
beautifullittlecafinaquietstreet.

aneffort

You'renottryinghardenough!Makeaneffort!

anerror

Hemadeseveralerrorsonthereport,andthebosstold
himtorewriteit.

yourescape

Thebankrobberstook10,000fromthesafeandthen
madetheirescape.

anexception

Usuallythechildrenaren'tallowedtowatchTVbutI
madeanexceptiontodaysincetheweatherwasso
horrible.

anexcuse

WhywasLisalate?Didshemakeanexcuse?

aface

Thechildtookabiteofthebroccoliandmadeaface.

afire

Weputupourtent,madeafire,andhadahotdrink.

afoolof

Youshouldn'tsinginfrontofeveryone!You'llmakea

yourself

foolofyourself.

afortune

Lucymadeafortunewhenshesoldhercompany.Now
shedoesn'thavetowork.

friends

Sheloveduniversityandmadelotsoffriends.

funof

Thechildrenlovetomakefunoftheteacher,
butonly
whenshe'snotlooking.

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afuss

It'sokay!I'mfine,it'sjustacough.Don'tmakeafuss!

an

Jennycertainlymadeanimpressionlastnight!Allmy

impression

friendsareaskingabouther.

ajoke

Theinterviewwasverytenseatthebeginning,butthen
Johnmadeajoke,andafterthatitwasmuchmore
relaxed.

ajourney

Becauseofthesnow,trynottomakeanyjourneys
whicharenotabsolutelyessential.

alist

First,ImustmakealistofallthethingsIneedtodo.

aloss

Theirbusinessmadealossthefirstyear,butdidmuch
betterafterthat.

love

Theheroandtheheroinemadeloveinthefilm.

amess

Whatamessyou'vemade!Can'tyoutidyupabit?

amistake

Shemadesomanymistakesinheressaythatthe
teachercouldn'tunderstandit.

money

Johnmadealotofmoneyinhistwentiesandwasable
toretireattheageof35.

amove

Lookhowlateitis!Let'smakeamove.

anoise

Pleasetrynottomakeanoisewhenyoucomehome,
becauseI'llbeasleep.

an
observation

CouldImakeanobservation?Idon'tthinksomeofour
customerslikethenewadverts.

anoffer

Shemadeanofferonahouse.She'snervousbecause
she'llfindouttodayifithasbeenaccepted,andshe
reallywantstobuythathouse.

apayment

Hello?I'dliketomakeacreditcardpayment,please.

aphonecall

I'mgoingtogooutsideandmakeaphonecall.It'stoo
noisyinhere.

plans

DavidismakingplanstomovetoParis.

apoint

Theprofessorusedlotsofexamplestomakehispoint.

aprediction

Thejournalistmadeapredictionabouttheeconomy,

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butintheenditwasn'tcorrect.
aprofit

Hisbusinessmadeaprofitfromthebeginning.

progress

Finally,afterbeingstuckinatrafficjamforanhour,
we'remakingsomeprogress!We'llarriveby8pm.

apromise

Imuststudyhardtoday.Imadeapromisetomymum
thatIwouldn'tfailanymoreexams.

aremark

Johnwasupsetbecausethebossmadeanegative
remarkabouthiswork.

areservation

Couldyoucalltherestaurantandmakeareservationfor
tonight?

ascene

Susiemadeasceneinthecafwhenherorderwas
wrong.Sheshoutedatallthestaffanddemandedto
speaktothemanager.

asound

Don'tmakeasound!Weneedtobecompletelyquiet.

aspeech

Thebride'sfatheroftenmakesaspeechatherwedding.

asuggestion

CouldImakeasuggestion?Howaboutgoingoutfor
dinner?

sure

Idon'tthinkIleftthegateopen,butI'mjustgoingtogo
andmakesure.

thebed

Couldyoupleasemakethebedbeforeyouleavethe
house?Otherwiseitlookssomessywiththeduvetand
thepillowseverywhere.

time(=find
timetodo

Everybody'sbusy,butyouneedtomaketimetostudy.
Otherwiseyouwon'tbeabletogetabetterjob.

something)
trouble

Thatemployeeistryingtomaketrouble.Heisalways
tellingthebossbadthingsabouthiscolleagues.

avisit

I'llcallyouthisafternoon.
Ineedtomakeavisittomy
grannythismorning.

yourmindup

Doyouwantchocolateorstrawberryicecream?Make
yourmindupquickly!

yourway

Afterthefilm,Johnmadehiswaytoacaf,wherehe
hadtwocupsofcoffeeandsomecake.

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DownloadthislistinPDF.
Dosomeexercises!
MakeorDoExercise1
MakeorDoExercise2
MakeorDoExercise3
MakeorDoExercise4

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