DO OR MAKE

DO – MAKE
1. DO
- Do: làm một việc gì có sẵn
- Do: là ngoại động từ nên theo sau phải có N làm tân ngữ cho “do”
Một số dạng dùng của “Do”
- Do + the + Ving
- Do + possessive adjectives
- Do + S
“Do”: được dùng trong các hoạt động, công việc hang ngày.
Ex: Do homework, do housework, do the ironing/ laundry, do the dishes/ windows/ floors, do a
job…
“Do”: được dùng để nói về những thứ chung khi đi với các từ: “something, anything, everything…”
Một số cụm từ thường dùng với “do”:
Do one’s best/ utmost: gắng hết sức, do good, do harm/ good/ well/ badly/ all right, do a favour, do
business, do one’s duty, do research, do an assignment, do the washing/ cooking, do hair/ teech/
nail , do this, do that, do a lunch/ breakfast/ dinner, do a film …
2. MAKE
- Make: làm, tạo ra thứ chưa có sẵn
- Make: là ngoại động từ nên theo sau phải có N làm tân ngữ cho “make”
Một số dạng dùng của “make”
- Make (a/ an) + N
- Make + N + Preposition
Make diễn tả các hoạt động có tạo ra kết quả sản phẩm
Một số cụm từ đi với “make”:
Make a food, make a cup of tea, make a cake, make a mess, make plans, make an exception, make
arrangement, make a phone call, make a decision, make a mistake, make a noise/ sound, make
money, make a living, make a profit, make a deadline, make the headlines/ papers/ news, make a
team/ squad, make believe, make an excuse, make an effort/ attempt, make a bed, make a report,
make a demand, make an error, make a request, make a speech,…
Make a hole/ scratch/ dent, make progress, make a change/ alteration/ adjustment/ difference, make
a contribution, make a note, make a statement/ suggestion/ complaint, make yourself heard/

understood, make sth easy/ difficult, make sb feel ill/ sad, strange, make sb look fat/ thin/ younger,
make sb happy/ sad/ angry, make sth nice/ attractive/ pretty, make sb famous/ popular, make it
clear/ obvious/ plain that, make it known/ understood, make an appointment/ a date…
Exercise: Uses “do” or “make” to fill in the blanks
1. We all our own clothes.
2. He an error in this essay.
3. You never any housework.
4. Haven’t you up your mind yet?
5. He an immense effort.
6. It no difference whether you go or stay.
7. What has this matter got to with you?
8. She has failed to the team for Saturday’s big match.
9. This is all we have, will that ?
10. How did she her living?
11. The company a small profit in its first year.
12. I shall all the arrangements for you.
13. Don’t just stand there, something.
14. He is just a few jobs around the house.
15. That haircut you look ten years younger.
16. People can eat more healthily without major changes to their diet.
17. Karin doesn’t like housework. However, she most of the cooking.
Last night, she very good dinner. She also dessert. Her roommate, Mary,
usually the dishes. Karin doesn’t have a washer or dryer, so she has to go to the
launderette to her laundry. Karin tries to her bed every morning. When
Karin has friends over, they often a mess.