124 do and make Do is a general word for actions © What are you doing this evening? (not What are you making?) ‘Shall I open the window? ‘No, its OK. I'll do it? Rachel's job is very boring. She does the same thing every day. I did a lot of things yesterday. What do you do? = What’ your job?: What do you do?” ‘I work in a bank’ Make = produce/create. For example: She’s making coffee. He has made a cake. They make umbrellas. It was made in China Compare do and make: I did a lot yesterday. I cleaned my room, I wrote some letters and I made a cake. A: What do you do in your free time? Sport? Reading? Hobbies? b: I make clothes. I make dresses and jackets, I also make toys for my children. Expressions with do an exam / a test I'm doing my driving test next week a course John has just done a training course. do | homework G Our children have to do a lot of homework. housework UI hate doing housework, especially cleaning. somebody a favour Sue, could you do me a favour? an exercise 1 go for a run and do exercises every morning. also do the shopping / do the washing / do the washing-up / do the ironing / do the cooking etc. I did the washing, but I didn’t do the shopping. Expressions with make a mistake I'm sorry, I made a mistake. an appointment | [I need to make an appointment to sce the doctor. make | # Phone call Excuse me, | have to make a phone call alist G Have you made a shopping list? a noise Its ate, Don't make a noise. abed Sometimes | forget to make my bed in the morning. We say make a film bui take a photograph: © When was this film made? but When was this photograph taken? do/does/did (negatives and questions) make somebody do something —» SS SS OC -Exercises Unit 57 87.1 Write make/making/made or do/doing/did/done. 1 ‘Shall | open the window?’ ‘No, its OK. Pll...49__ it? 2 What did you at the weekend? Did you go away? 3 De you know how to bread? 4 Paper is from wood. 5 Richard didn't help me. He sat in an armchair and nothing, 6 ‘What do you ? ‘I'ma doctor! 7 Lasked you to clean the bathroom. Have you i? 8 ‘What do they in that factory? ‘Shoes? 9Tm om Some coffee. Would you like some? 10 Why are you angry with me? I didn’t anything wrong. 11 ‘What are you tomorrow afternoon?’ ‘I'm working’ 57.2, What are these people doing? 57.3 2, 3 He's making a cake. e They 7 He 8 9 0 weone Write make or do in the correct form. 1 Thate .....40W"g..... housework, especially cleaning. 2 Why do you always the same mistake? 3 ‘Can you mea favour? — ‘It depends what it is? 4 ‘Have you your homework?” ‘Not yet! 5 need to see the dentist, but I haven't an appointment, 6 I'm a course in photography at the moment. It’s very good. 7 The lase time I aan exam Was fen. years ago. 8 How many phone calls did you yesterday? 9 When you've finished Exercise 1, you can Exercise 2. 10 There’s something wrong with the car. The engine is a strange noise. 11 It was a bad mistake. It was the worst mistake I've ever 12 Let’ a lise of all the things we have to today.