'Make' or 'Do' Exercise 4

Put in the correct form of 'make' or 'do':

Make
1. How much money does a waitress ____________?
do
2. Could you ____________ the laundry today? We have no clean clothes.
doing
3. She spent the evening watching black and white films and ____________ her nails.
make
4. Did their new business ____________ a profit last year?
made
5. The teacher ____________ some very positive remarks about Susie's work.
do
6. There's so much paperwork to ____________! I'll be here all night
make some interesting observations during his
7. The CEO of the company ____________
visit to our department.
make
8. I'd like to ____________ Julie an offer of a job. It would be full time in our office.
doing
9. There was a man sitting on the pier earlier. He was ____________ a painting of the
boats.
make
10. This lecture is so boring! Let's ____________ an escape during the break and go to
the café!
made
11. William ____________ an excuse to the teacher about why he was late, but she didn't
believe him.
do
12. Stop talking and ____________ some work!
made
13. Alison can't come tonight. She'd already ____________ plans.
make
14. I'm going to work all weekend. I really want to ____________ some progress on this
project. make
make
15. Could you please ____________ sure that the money has gone into the correct bank
account?
do
16. It takes Lizzie an hour a day to ____________ the washing up. She would love to
have a dishwasher.
make
17. I offered the job to Ian, and I said he had until Monday to ____________ his mind up.
18. In the morning she gets up, has a shower and gets dressed, then ____________ the
bed. After that she goes downstairs and has breakfast.
19. John and Lucy ____________ their way through the crowded streets to their hotel.
20. Graham ____________ really well in the tennis competition. He came second out of
over a hundred people.

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Answers

1. How much money does a waitress make?

2. Could you do the laundry today? We have no clean clothes.
3. She spent the evening watching black and white films and doing her nails.
4. Did their new business make a profit last year?
5. The teacher made some very positive remarks about Susie's work.
6. There's so much paperwork to do! I'll be here all night
7. The CEO of the company made some interesting observations during his visit to our
department.
8. I'd like to make Julie an offer of a job. It would be full-time in our office.
9. There was a man sitting on the pier earlier. He was doing a painting of the boats.
10. This lecture is so boring! Let's make an escape during the break and go to the café!
11. William made an excuse to the teacher about why he was late, but she didn't believe
him.
12. Stop talking and do some work!
13. Alison can't come tonight. She'd already made plans.
14. I'm going to work all weekend. I really want to make some progress on this project.
15. Could you please make sure that the money has gone into the correct bank account?
16. It takes Lizzie an hour a day to do the washing up. She would love to have a
dishwasher.
17. I offered the job to Ian, and said he had until Monday to make his mind up.
18. In the morning she gets up, has a shower and gets dressed, then makes the bed. After
that she goes downstairs and has breakfast.
19. John and Lucy made their way through the crowded streets to their hotel.
20. Graham did really well in the tennis competition. He came second out of over a
hundred people.

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