‘Make’ or ‘Do’ Exercise 4

Put in the correct form of ‘make’ or ‘do’:

1. How much money does a waitress ____________?

2. Could you ____________ the laundry today? We have no clean clothes.
3. She spent the evening watching black and white films and ____________ her
nails.
4. Did their new business ____________ a profit last year?
5. The teacher ____________ some very positive remarks about Susie’s work.
6. There’s so much paperwork to ____________! I’ll be here all night
7. The CEO of the company ____________ some interesting observations during
his visit to our department.
8. I’d like to ____________ Julie an offer of a job. It would be full time in our
office.
9. There was a man sitting on the pier earlier. He was ____________ a painting
of the boats.
10. This lecture is so boring! Let’s ____________ an escape during the break and
go to the café!
11. William ____________ an excuse to the teacher about why he was late, but
she didn’t believe him.
12. Stop talking and ____________ some work!
13. Alison can’t come tonight. She’d already ____________ plans.
14. I’m going to work all weekend. I really want to ____________ some progress
on this project.
15. Could you please ____________ sure that the money has gone into the correct
bank account?
16. It takes Lizzie an hour a day to ____________ the washing up. She would
love to have a dishwasher.
17. I offered the job to Ian, and I said he had until Monday to ____________ his
mind up.
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18. In the morning she gets up, has a shower and gets dressed, then ____________
the bed. After that she goes downstairs and has breakfast.
19. John and Lucy ____________ their way through the crowded streets to their
hotel.
20. Graham ____________ really well in the tennis competition. He came second
out of over a hundred people.

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Answers:

1. How much money does a waitress make?

2. Could you do the laundry today? We have no clean clothes.
3. She spent the evening watching black and white films and doing her nails.
4. Did their new business make a profit last year?
5. The teacher made some very positive remarks about Susie’s work.
6. There’s so much paperwork to do! I’ll be here all night
7. The CEO of the company made some interesting observations during his visit
to our department.
8. I’d like to make Julie an offer of a job. It would be full-time in our office.
9. There was a man sitting on the pier earlier. He was doing a painting of the
boats. !
10. This lecture is so boring! Let’s make an escape during the break and go to the
café!
11. William made an excuse to the teacher about why he was late, but she didn’t
believe him.
12. Stop talking and do some work!
13. Alison can’t come tonight. She’d already made plans.
14. I’m going to work all weekend. I really want to make some progress on this
project.
15. Could you please make sure that the money has gone into the correct bank
account?
16. It takes Lizzie an hour a day to do the washing up. She would love to have a
dishwasher.
17. I offered the job to Ian, and said he had until Monday to make his mind up.
18. In the morning she gets up, has a shower and gets dressed, then makes the bed.
After that she goes downstairs and has breakfast.
19. John and Lucy made their way through the crowded streets to their hotel.
20. Graham did really well in the tennis competition. He came second out of over
a hundred people.

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May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.