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Make and Do PDF
Make and Do PDF
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
one’s
best
*
Do
the
ironing
*
Do
business
*
Do
the
washing
up
*
Do
damage
*
Do
a
bit
of
skiing
*
Do
one’s
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
it’s
not
enough.
If
they
are
public
servants
they
should
__________________
their
duty
and
not
___________________
trouble
for
everyone
else.
B:
I
don’t
think
you
___________________
justice
to
them.
After
all,
they
don’t
______________
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.
They’d
_________________
their
best,
instead
of
_________________
work
for
other
people
because
they
are
too
lazy
to
_________________
their
own
work
properly.
B:
I’m
not
____________________
excuses
for
them,
but
you
can’t
expect
them
to
______________
more
than
they’re
paid
to
do.
They
don’t
__________________
the
decisions
they
have
to
carry
out.
KEY:
A:
making
made
do
make
B:
do
make
makes
made
do
makes
A:
doing
make
make
make
do
making
do
B:
making
do
make