Name: 8th year

Today we are going to work with two verbs with a little confusing
meaning. Hoy vamos a trabajar con dos verbos con significados un
poco confusos.

'Make' or 'Do'

It can be hard to decide when to use 'make' or 'do' in English. Here's some
help. Puede ser difícil decidir cuándo usar 'make' o 'do' en inglés. Aquí tienes
algo de ayuda.

1. We use 'make' when we create or construct something.

Utilizamos make' cuando creamos o construimos algo

For example: She made a cake.

I've made us some coffee.

Did you really make those trousers?

2. We use 'do' for general activities. In this case, 'do' is often

used with 'something', 'nothing', 'anything' or 'everything'.
Usamos 'do' para actividades generales. En este caso, 'do' se
utiliza a menudo con 'something', 'nothing', 'anything' or
'everything'

For example: What did you do at the weekend?

I didn't do anything yesterday.

She's fed up with doing everything herself. She

needs some help.

Are you doing anything interesting during the

holidays?

NOTE: 'What do you do?' means 'what's your job?'

3. There are many, many fixed expressions with 'make' and 'do'.
Unfortunately, they don't really follow any useful rules, so you
have to learn them. Sorry!. Hay muchísimas expresiones fijas con
'make' y 'do'. Por desgracia, no siguen ninguna regla útil, así que
tienes que aprenderlas. Lo siento.
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1. Make or Do. Circle the correct alternative. Make o Do. Encierra en un

círculo la alternativa correcta
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2. Look at the pictures and choose the correct alternative. Mira las imágenes
y encierra la alternativa correcta

Make/Do the decorations

Make/Do the dusting

Make/Do a special dish

Make/Do postcards

Make/Do the shopping

Make/Do a birthday cake

Make/Do the cleaning

Make/Do a tea

3. Which words or expressions go with MAKE? Which ones go with DO?

Write them in the correct column. ¿Qué palabras o expresiones van con
MAKE? ¿Cuáles van con DO? Escríbelas en la columna correcta.
Name: 8th year

a mistake

MAKE

my homework

DO