Make vs. Do

Make vs. Do

1. Make

   • It serves to build, create or produce something new, especially food.
     • We made a birthday cake for Pam.
   • We also use MAKE when we talk about the origin of a product or the material it is made from.
     • Those shoes are made of leather.
     • The watches were made in France
   • In addition MAKE is used when we speak of producing an action or reaction.
     • make you sleepy
     • Salt makes you thirsty.
   • When we talk about plans or decisions, we use MAKE.
     • We need to make hotel arrangements.
   • The verb MAKE is used to talk about noise or speech.
     • The dogs make a lot of noise.
     • Can I make a suggestion?

2. Do

   • We use DO when we talk about jobs or tasks.
     • The children do their homework in the evenings.
     • I do the housework in the mornings.
   • We use DO when we talk about activities in general.
     • Are you doing anything at the weekend?
     • She does yoga.
   • We can also substitute the DO verb when the meaning of the action is obvious.
     • Who does your hair?
   • DO can also function as an auxiliary verb, both in the simple present and in the simple past when the phrase is negative or interrogative.
     • They didn’t enjoy the film.
     • Do you speak German?

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