MAKE

AND DO

DO: We often use DO with certain nouns to describe certain activities or
things that have an effect on people: Ex. Sorry, I can't go out, I have to do my
homework.

In informal English, we can use DO instead of another verb such as: "Can you do
my shoes?" = "can you clean my shoes?"

*Do business
* Do a favour
*Do damage
* Do harm
* Do an exercise
* Do justice (to)
* Dom someone a favour
* Do an operation
* Do no good, do not any good
* Do repairs
* Do housework
* Do wonders
* Do an injury
* Do wrong
* Do a job
* Do hair or nails = cut them
* Do research
* Do beds = make beds
* Do flowers = arrange them
* Do a cupboard, a desk, a garden =
* Do better
tidy
* Do ones best
* Do the ironing
* Do business
* Do the washing up
* Do damage
* Do a bit of skiing
* Do ones duty
* Do the gardening
* Do evil
* Do the shopping

MAKE: We use make to talk about constructing or creating something.

* Make an announcement.
* Make a guess.
* Make an application.
* Make a habit of doing something.
* Make an arrangement.
* Make a journey.
* Make an appointment.
* Make a list.
* Make an attempt.
* Make a mistake.
* Make attacks on
* Make money.
* Make a change
* Make a noise.
* Make a choice.
* Make an offer.
* Make some coffee.
* Make peace (with).
* Make a comment.
* Make a phone call.
* Make a complaint.
* Make a plan.
* Make a confession.
* Make a point.
* Make a contribution.
* Make a point.
* Make a decision.
* Make preparations.
* Make a demand.
* Make a profit.
* Make a difference.
* Make progress.
* Make a discovery.
* Make a promise.
* Make an effort.
* Make a remark.
* Make an enquiry.
* Make a report.
* Make an excuse.
* Make a request.
* Make a fool (of).
* Make a sound.
* Make friends.
* Make a speech.
* Make fun (of)
* Make a suggestion.

* Make sure of.

* Make way (for).
* Make a trip.
* Make (someone) welcome.
* Make trouble.
* Make work (for others).
* Make use (of).



IMPORTANT REMEMBER

I took some photographs. (NOT made)
I packed my cases before going on holiday. (NOT made)
This factory makes furniture (NOT fabricates fabricate means make something
artificial or false or make artificially)
It is six years since I saw him. (NOT It makes six years )

EXERCISES

Complete the sentences, using the appropriate verb in the correct form.

A:
I see the Civil Service are _______________ preparations to go on strike next
week. The Government has _______________ them an offer of 7% but they say
its not enough. If they are public servants they should __________________ their
duty and not ___________________ trouble for everyone else.
B:
I dont think you ___________________ justice to them. After all, they dont
______________ much money, compared with people in industry. Everyone
______________ fun of them and the newspapers have ___________________ a lot of
attacks on them recently, but most of them _________________ their jobs well.
They have to be very patient when the public ___________________ complaints
about them.
A:
If the Government closed half the offices, they would be ________________ us a
favour. If those bureaucrats had to _________________ a profit every year in
order to __________________ a success of their jobs, it would _________________ a
difference to them. Theyd _________________ their best, instead of
_________________ work for other people because they are too lazy to
_________________ their own work properly.
B:
Im not ____________________ excuses for them, but you cant expect them to
______________ more than theyre paid to do. They dont __________________ the
decisions they have to carry out.

KEY:

A:
B:
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B:

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