Unit 56

do and make

Grammar

Examples

Exercises

A. Do is a general word for actions:

What are you doing this evening? (not 'What are you making?')
'Shall I open the window?' 'No, it's OK. I'll do it.'
Julia's job is very boring. She does the same thing every day.
I did a lot of things yesterday.

What do you do? = What's your job?

'What do you do?' 'I work in a bank.'

B. Make = produce / create. For example:

She's making coffee.

He has made a cake.

They make umbrellas.

It was made in France.

Compare do and make:

I did a lot of things yesterday. I cleaned my room, I wrote some letters and I made a cake.
A: What do you do in your free time? Sport? Reading? Hobbies?
B: I make clothes. I make dresses and jackets. I also make toys for children.

C. Expressions with do

do	example
an exam (examination) / a test	I'm doing my driving test next week.
a course	John has just done a training course.
homework	Have the children done their homework?
(somebody) a favour	Ann, could you do me a favour?
housework	I go for a run and do exercises every morning.
exercises	I hate doing housework, especially cleaning.

also do the shopping / the washing / the washing-up / the ironing / the cooking etc.:

I did the washing but I didn't do the shopping.

D. Expressions with make

make	example
a mistake	I'm sorry, I made a mistake.
an appointment	I must make an appointment to see the doctor.
a phone call	Excuse me, I have to make a phone call.
a list	Have you made a shopping list?
a noise	It's late. We mustn't make a noise.
a bed	Sometimes I forget to make my bed in the morning.

We say make a film but take a photograph.

When was this film made? but When was this photograph taken?

do (general actions)

What are you doing?
She does the same thing every day.
I did a lot of things yesterday.

make (produce/create)

She's making coffee.
He has made a cake.
They make umbrellas.
It was made in France.

Expressions with do

do an exam
do a course
do homework
do (somebody) a favour
do housework
do the shopping

Expressions with make

make a mistake
make an appointment
make a phone call
make a list
make a noise
make a bed

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56.1 Put in make/making/made or do/doing/did/done.

1. 'Shall I open the window?' 'No, it's OK. I'll do it.'

2. What did you at the weekend? Did you go away?

3. you know how to bread?

4. Paper is from wood.

5. Richard didn't help me. He sat in an armchair and nothing.

6. 'What do you '? 'I'm a doctor.'

7. I asked you to clean the bathroom. Have you it?

8. 'What do they '? 'Shoes.'

9. I'm some coffee. Would you like some?

10. Why are you angry with me? I didn't anything wrong.

11. 'What are you '? 'I'm working.'

56.2 What are these people doing?

1. He's making a cake.

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56.3 Put in make or do in the correct form.

1. I hate doing housework, especially cleaning.

2. Why do you always the same mistake?

3. 'Can you me a favour?' 'It depends what it is.'

4. 'Have you your homework?' 'Not yet.'

5. I need to see the dentist but I haven't an appointment.

6. I'm a course in photography at the moment. It's very good.

7. The last time I an exam was ten years ago.

8. When you've finished Exercise 1, you can Exercise 2.

9. There's something wrong with the car. The engine is a strange noise.

10. It was a bad mistake. It was the worst mistake I've ever .

11. Let's a list of all the things we have to today.