MAKE or DO?

In English, we use 'make' and 'do' in a similar way. Often, we just need to learn the expressions.

Here are some expressions with 'make' and 'do'.

· do your best: I did my best during the race, but I still came last.

· do a course: I'm going to do a grammar course later this year.

· do an exam: Do you have to do many exams this year?

· do research: My brother does research about biochemistry.

· do homework: Have you done your homework yet?

· make a decision: She made a decision to quit her job.

· make a mistake: I keep making mistakes with the tenses!

· make a choice: You need to make a choice.

· make a suggestion: Can I make a suggestion? How about Italian food tonight?

· make a reservation: I'd like to make a reservation for five people for tomorrow evening.

Let’s practice! Put the correct verb make or do in each sentence:

1) The situation was very hard. Nobody wanted to decide. Eventually, I needed to _______________ a
choice and tell everybody what to do.
2) When scientists _______________ research to develop new treatments to a disease, the whole
population benefits from it.
3) She’s _______________ her best to get a promotion.
4) Shall we go to that new restaurant tonight? We don’t need to _______________ a reservation. It
isn’t very crowded.
5) If you want to improve your IT skills, I recommend you _______________ a course.
6) Don’t worry if you _______________ a mistake. You are still learning the language.
7) The waiter’s _______________ a suggestion on what wine we should choose to go with the main
course.
8) Everybody needs to _______________ an exam to get into university in Brazil.
9) It’s not easy to _______________ a decision when you are under pressure.
10) The teacher got very happy when she learned that her student _______________ his homework.