Do and Make
1. We use DO when the exact activity
is not stated, especially with words like thing, something, nothing,
anything.
What are you doing over the weekend?
I feel like doing nothing for a
change.
2. We use DO to talk about works and
jobs.
What do you do for a living?
She did her homework before dinner.
3. We use MAKE to talk about
building, constructing, creating. We use it as a synonym for create,
develop, produce, generate, form.
He once made a small fishing boat
with his brother.
Let’s make the dinner first and then
we can make a cake.
4. DO and MAKE have hardly any
meaning on their own, but which are part of many fixed expressions and common
collocations:
DO – exercises / your best / the
ironing / the gardening / the right thing / a favor / the laundry / good / a
translation / your hair / your make-up / an assignment / the shopping
MAKE – a list / an effort / a mess / a claim / a mistake / a phone call / a wish
/ a breakthrough / a promise / a decision / a proposal / one’s mind / an excuse
Adapted from Gems of Wisdom
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