Make and Do What is the difference between make and do? I Make Generally, you make something that did not exist before Examples: a joke, lunch, peace, a promise, an improvement An inquiry An offer To Make A request A complaint Certain or sure A mistake A profit A fortune Up a story A decision Changes A choice A fuss A speech Gestures A forecast A business trip An apology An excuse The bed War II Money Progress An attempt Arrangements A deal Love Up one´s mind An appointment An effort A phone call Plans An application A noise friends Do Do is especially frequent with words that describe work and activities Ex: You someone a favor When + “ing” is used to talk about activities that take a certain time or are repeated (jobs or hobbies), there is usually a determiner (the, my, some, much) before the “ing” form Ex: At Christmas I am going to some reading and a lot of relaxing Can you the shopping for me? Additionally we use when we not say exactly what activity we are talking about For example, with words like thing, something, nothing, anything, everything, and what Ex: Then he did a very strange thing What you like to on Saturdays? Do something Do what you like Business Research The experiment A job Damage or harm Some work Repairs The accounts To Do Homework Wrong Military service Well Good An exercise Your duty Better Exercise One´s best Something to someone One´s hair Something for someone Housework Something for a living Sport Something with someone Practice: Complete the following sentences using a construction of make or mistakes a noise money progress friends some housework some exercise my best decision a Spanish course This house is in an awful mess It´s time I _ Shut up! I´m trying to work, but it´s impossible when you´re _ You won´t meet people sitting at home Go out if you want to Are you coming out or aren´t you? We´re waiting for you to Before Sally leaves for Madrid, she´s going to _ When speaking, concentrate on communicating and don´t worry about