DO or Make?

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1. DO or Make?
2. Do for general activity. When we talk
3. Do for work. We usually use do
4. Note that we sometimes use do to
5. Make for construction. Make often expresses the
6. Now compare: Do the shopping. (We
7. do a favour do a roomdo business
8. make a bedmake a complaintmake a decision
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Do for general activity. When we talk about a general activity but do not say what it is, we can use do: I want to do something. What are you

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Слайд 1DO or Make?

Слайд 2Do for general activity.
When we talk about a general

activity but do not say what it is, we can

use do:
I want to do something.
What are you doing this evening?
What can we do?
Do it now!

Do for general activity. When we talk about a general activity but do not say what it

Слайд 3Do for work.
We usually use do to talk about

work:
What do you do? (= What is your

job?)
Who does your shopping?
I don't want to do any work today.
I hate doing the washing up.
Have you done your homework?

Do for work. We usually use do to talk about work: What do you do? (=

Слайд 4Note that we sometimes use do to replace another more

exact verb (but only when the meaning is clear from

the situation). This is very informal.
do the lawn (cut? mow? the lawn)
do my room (tidy? paint? my room)
do the car (wash? paint? repair? the car)

Note that we sometimes use do to replace another more exact verb (but only when the meaning

Слайд 5Make for construction.
Make often expresses the idea of construction

or creation:
I'll make a cake for Anthony's birthday.

This car was made in France.
Did you make this table yourself?
Remember that we usually use make for products or goods that are manufactured. That's why you see labels like "Made in China" or "Made in the USA" on products that you buy.

Make for construction. Make often expresses the idea of construction or creation: I'll make a cake for

Слайд 6Now compare:
Do the shopping. (We don't really create

anything. We just "do" an activity.)
Make a cake. (We

really create something.)
In the next example, notice how we use make for creation (the cake) and then use do (for the general activity) even though we're really talking about the same thing:
I must make Anthony's cake. I'll do it now.