when to use 'make' and when to use 'do'.
Knowing when to use 'make' and when to use 'do' is often hard for English learners as in many languages there is only one verb for this (German = machen, Spanish = hacer, French = faire etc).
Unfortunately there’s no strict rules on when we use each one, and most of the time, it's just a case of learning what sounds right.
Two tips I can give you:
-anything related to work, so homework, house work or your job is 'do'.
e.g. I have so much work to do today.
- most examples of housework take 'do'
e.g. to do the shopping, do the cleaning, do the hoovering, do the dishes (but it is make the bed, and make lunch!!)
Here is a list of the most common:
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to make an effort.
to make a request to make a list to make a change to make a mistake to make a reservation to make an impression to make a call to make a promise |
to do work/homework/housework/your job
to do business with someone to do research to do someone a favour to do your best to do sport |