Zusammenfassung der Ressource
DO and MAKE
- MAKE
- Make is for producing, constructing, creating
or building something new
- It is also used to indicate the origin of a
product or the materials that are used to
make something.
- We also use Make for producing an action
or reaction
- Onions make your eyes water
- You make me happy.
- You make before certain nouns about plans
and decisions
- They're making plans for the weekend
- You need to make a decision right
now.
- We use Make with nouns about speaking and
certain sounds
- Can I use your phone to make
a call?
- She made a nice comment about my dress.
- We use Make with Food, Drink and Meals
- Make breakfast/lunch/dinner.
I have to make dinner
- He made a cup of tea
- Some expressions
- make a difference
- make a prediction
- make a speech
- make a mistake
- DO
- Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks
- We sometimes use DO to
replace a verb when the
meaning is clear or obvious
- Do I need to do my hair?
Do i need to do my teeth?
- What are you doing
today?
- Common English Collocations
With DO
- *Do the dishes.
Have you done the
dishes yet
- * Do exercise.
I do at least
half an hour
of exercise
every day.
- Some expressions
- do justice
- do
business
- do
research
- do one’s
hair
- We use 'do' for general activities.
In this case, 'do' is often used with
'something', 'nothing', 'anything' or
'everything'
- Don't just stand there
– do something!
- Is there anything I can do to
help you?
- DO is used when talking about
work, jobs or tasks
- Have you done your
homework?
- I have guests visiting tonight so
I should start doing the
housework now