Collocations with Do & Make

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do and make.

I know these words can be confusing.

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We are about to start. I’m ready. How about you? Do or make?

That is the question.

These two words which frequently confuse students can be very tricky,

but I will show you the differences with example sentences to help you.

Do is used when talking about work, jobs, and tasks.

This is a mess. We should do the housework.

Do is used when we refer to activities in general without being as specific.

I’ve got things to do.

We sometimes use do to replace a verb when the meaning is very

obvious or clear.

I need to do my hair. I’ve done the dishes.

In the first example, do means to brush,

and in the second, to wash.

As you can see from the context with these examples, the meaning is clear.

Apart from the examples mentioned, we try the most common collocations

with do.

Here you have more examples on how to use them.

I am going to do the shopping this afternoon.

Could you do me a favour and buy some milk?

My team did it very well in the baseball tournament.

She was in the kitchen doing the washing up.

Make.

It is used to indicate the origin of a product.

It is made of gold.

We also use make for producing an action or reaction.

You make me happy.

It is used before certain nouns about plans and decisions.

She is making plans for the weekend.

We use it with nouns about speaking and certain sounds.

Yesterday my neighbours made a lot of noise.

We use make with food, drinks, and meals. Dad made a cup of tea.

Here are some more collocations with make and how to use them.

Let’s have a look.

I’m making an effort to recycle as much waste as possible.

She has had to make some very difficult decisions.

Simon finds it hard to make friends. I always make a mess when I’m baking.

Let’s recap.

We are going to analyse a very short dialogue.

Let’s make plans for Ana’s birthday. I am busy now, can we do it later?

See that the collocation of plans is make as it is referring

to plans and decisions.

The answer is do, as we saw at the very

beginning of the video, the action, make some plans,

is obvious.

In these vocabulary activities, you can learn and practise common

collocations with do and make.

For further practise, you can click on the link below.

I remember when I was a child that I struggled with collocations such

as make my bed or do someone a favour.

I’ve always made mistakes.

Notice, another collocation with make. How about you?

Do you ever make mistakes with do or make?

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