English is a very Interesting language. Despite the fact of being easy there are some tricky words in which may imply the same thing, but they are used in different contexts. That's why when it comes to the usage; many english learners find difficult.
Do You know when to use do and make??
Calm down, you are on the right site. Today we are going to explain you how to use do and make in a right way and with more confidence.
When we use do and make with noun phrases, do focuses on the process of acting or performing something, make emphasises more the product or outcome of an action:
When I was
[action]
doing the calculations,
[outcome]
I made two mistakes.
[action]
I did some work for her last summer;
[outcome]
I made a pond in her garden.
Examples of nouns used with do and make
Nouns which combine with do:
- activity
- damage
-favour
- job
- task
- business
- drawing
- gardening
- laundry
- test
- cleaning
- duty
- harm
- one’s best
- washing (up)
- cooking
- exam(ination)
- homework
- painting
- work
- course
- exercise
- ironing
- shopping
I do the shopping on Fridays usually.
Could you do a job for me next week?
Who does the cooking in your house?
Nouns which combine with make:
- apology
- coffee
- excuse
- love
- offer
- remark
- assumption
- comment
- friends
- lunch
- phone call
- sound
- bed
- complaint
- guess
- mess
- plan
- soup
- breakfast
- dinner
- law
- mistake
- profit
- speech
- cake
- effort
- list
- money
- progress
- statement
- change
- error
- loss
- noise
- promise
- tea
They made me an interesting offer of a job in Warsaw.
My sister made a cake Yesterday.
I have to make a phone call.
MAKE ENGLISH YOUR BESTFRIEND AND ENGLISH WILL ALSO MAKE YOU ITS BESTFRIEND
