Make and Do Practice

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Name : ... Make and Do : Practice
I. 1) You ... right to send me the copy of this letter.

make/made/did

2) It is normal to ... your military service
doing/do/make

3) With the decisions taken for the factory be sure we shall ...
profits

do/made/make
4) Stop ... noise!
doing/make/making

5) You'll be obliged to ... a speech.
make/do/making

6) If you don't want to fail your exam you'd better ... your exercises
made/did/do

7) Everybody may ... a mistake.
do/make/did

8) Don't forget to ... your bed before leaving your room.
making/doing/make

9) My parents told me not to ... my friends' exercises
made/make/do

10) Tomorrow is my birthday and my mother will ... a big cake.

do/make/makes

II. 1) The teacher congratulated the pupils who ... yesterday's
exercises.

made/did

2) The country ... large profits in the cotton sale last year.
made/did

3) I know it is difficult but you must ... an effort.
make/do

4) Several young Africans go to the United States to ... business.
make/do

5) Elisa does not like ... housework.
making/doing

6) Jeff ... some shopping after the class.
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7) The thunder ... a big noise that frightened everyone in the house.
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8) The director of this factory ... his best to increase the yield.
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9) Dave invited some friends home without ... his room.
making/doing

10) What are you going to ... after the party?
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11) The contractor forgot the stadium when ... the plan of the town.
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12) The soldiers want to ... peace after five years of war.
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13) The hunters ... a fire in the forest at night.
make/do

14) The engineer ... a great mistake in the computer programme.
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III. 1. Good students hate ... spelling mistakes.
2. Could you please ... me a favour ?

3. Those two companies don't like to ... business with each other.
4. Don't ... so much fuss over having to type the report again.
5. It won't ... her any harm to stay up a little later.

6. I don't know why he is not ... progress with his English.
7. She'll have her hair ... before she goes to the party.

8. They ... fun of her because she couldn't pronounce the word
correctly.

9. The company ... a profit of three million dollars so far.

10. It ... me angry discovering that so much money had been
already wasted.

IV. 1. The only thing that matters for this young businessman is
to ... a lot of money.

2. We'll go back to our country when the people there have ...
peace.

3. He deserves all our support because he always ... his best.
4. Don't worry, we'll have ... all the arrangements for you and your
friends.

5. I knew that this had nothing to ... with my wife.

6. When you have no comfort at all, you have to ... without.
7. The speech he ... yesterday was really excellent.

8. He dislikes school because his classmates always ... fun of him.
9. Will you marry him or not ? It's time you ... a decision !
10. You should ... an effort and help me with the ironing.
11. I'd rather ... the washing up, if you don't mind.
12. Have you ... a phone call to the travel agency ?

13. Don't you think it wouldn't have ... you harm to have one
more week off ?

14. My cousin tried to ... us believe he is a perfect husband...
15. Is he not ? doesn't he ... everything for his wife ?

V. 1. There's a rumour going round that Pelly's are going to ... a bid
for Squash International.

2. Please ... your best to get these typed before 5 o'clock.
3. Who shall I ... the cheque out to?

4. If we don't get some orders soon we'll have to ... some of our
workers redundant.

5. I'm afraid you'll have to ... without the other photocopier until
we can get the part we need from the suppliers.

6. We've been ... business with them for over thirty years now.
7. Considerable progress has been ... and we hope to put some
concrete proposals to our members tomorrow afternoon.

8. The bank has decided to ... extra provision against bad debts this
year.

9. We've been ... a roaring trade since they decided to advertise on

local television.

10. We have ... a considerable profit on the sale of that land.
11. I've got all these invoices to ... before I can go home.
12. The business was so run down when she took it over that nobody
expected her to ... such a success of it.

13. Something as simple as changing the size of the lettering on the
packet can ... all the difference to your sales.

14. Increasing production will ... even more demands on machinery
which is already breaking down at an alarming rate.

15. They could ... with some computer paper in the wages office.
16. We've ... away with the old system of clocking in.

17. A customer has ... a complaint about one of our salespeople.
18. In fact, Gravers have ... us a favour by launching their product
first. We can learn from their mistakes.

VI. 1. Look! The room is so untidy ! Who will ... the cleaning?
2. I won't ! I prefer ... the cooking.

3. Well ! well! ... Are you ... fun of me again?

4. Certainly not, dear! But ... me a favour, let me do the cooking for

once!

5. Oh, all right ! As you have decided to ... an effort I make excuses.
6. The cleaning! the cooking! What difference does it ... ?

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8. I'll ... my best to make you happy if possible !
9. Would you mind ... the shopping ?

10. Of course! I hate ... trouble.

11. I remember you ... a lot of trouble the other day when I asked
you to make the beds!

12. Who is now ... trouble?

13. And who always pretends I never ... well?
14. I'm fed up ! let's ... peace not war.

15. I will ... my best, I promise, but ...er...I have three phone calls to
make, will you start the cleaning?

VII. 1. Love ... the world go round.
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2. Never put off till tomorrow what you can ... today.
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3. If you want something ... well ... it yourself.
done / made do / make

4. When in Rome ... as the Romans ...

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5. Don't ... a mountain out of a molehill .
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6. The greatest talkers are the least ...
makers/doers

7. You can't ... an omelette without breaking eggs.
make/do

8. A woman's work is never ...
made/done

9. Better suffer ill than ... ill.
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10. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't ... it drink.
do/make

VIII. 1. It is high time you ... a talk.

2. This is a terrible mistake I have ... in my life.
3. It is no use ... this.

4. What shall we ... now?
5. Let's ... something interesting.

6. You ... nothing yesterday.

7. Before ... this long and interesting speech try to inform me.
8. I'm fed up with ... this labour.

9. He can't help ... this labour.
10. She is used to ... this conference.

IX. 1. Her job has something to ... with marketing.
2. You shouldn't ... fun of the way people talk.

3. You'll have to ... without your dinner if you don't get back in time.

4. She sits in front of the mirror for ages ... herself up.

5. The government have decided to ... away with the old tax law.
6. When the bell rang, the students ... for the door.

7. Let's ... the store room into an extra kitchen, shall we?
8. The last bus had gone so I ... my way home on foot.
9. I can't ... sense of what you are saying. Speak more slowly.
10. If you ... your best to explain the problem, I'm sure she'll
understand.

11. It's about time you ... some exercise - you're getting a bit
overweight.

12. I don't know what to ... of Christina's odd behaviour just lately.
13. I could have ... with more help.

14. I don't believe him - he ... it up!

15. How many times a week do you ... the shopping?
16. She ... an attempt to break the world record.

17. What would you wear to ... a good impression at a job
interview?

18. Have you ... much progress with your English?
X. 1. His watch is ... of gold.

2. I often ... cakes.

3. Yesterday, I ... a lot of hard work.
4. Does it ... a difference ?
5. Two plus two ... four.

6. We don't have to ... the dishes, I have got a dish washer.
7. ... nothing until I call you.

8. It's not worth ... a fuss.
9. I have to ... my English tonight.

10. We have only ... three miles today.

11. With my new car I can ... 100 kilometres an hour.
12. I am sure you could ... your best.

13. I like ... the cooking.

14. We must ... our bed every morning.

15. This radio ... a noise. Switch off, the baby is sleeping.
16. You seem frozen. Do you want me to ... a fire or some tea ?
17. You always ... the same mistake.

18. I work during summer holidays to ... money.
XI. 'Make', 'do' and 'take'

1. They're ... a lot of noise, but so far they haven't made any
progress.

2. The company is making a large profit, but in the meantime

they're ... a lot of damage to the environment.

3. She was asked to ... a quick speech, but she took her time.
4. After we've done our homework, I think we should ... the
washing up.

5. ... a look at all these mistakes you've made.
6. Shall we ... a taxi or go by train?

7. At first, he made a great effort to ... an interest in his lessons.
8. This is a photograph I ... of some friends we made when we were
on holiday.

9. She told me to take a seat, and then went to ... some phone calls.
10. Taking a test is a bit like ... a crossword: you finish it eventually!
11. The policeman took my name and address, and ... a few notes.
12. We had to ... a lot of work before we began to make any money.
13. The conference will ... place in January.

14. You really should take my advice and hire somebody to ... your
ironing, washing and other housework.

15. After I had made the bed, he lay down and ... his medicine.
16. It won't do any harm to ... some enquiries.

17. Our company made a loss in its first year, but now we're ... well.
XII. Choose the most likely sentence ending.

1 The company makes...
a small electric motors

b a lot of work for charity.

2 The children in the class worked really hard. They made...
a everything they could to help

b presents for all their brothers and sisters.

3 With recent advances in technology, we are now able to do...
a powerful computers as small as a cigarette packet.

b things we could not have dreamed of 10 years ago.
4 The local council is doing...

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arrangement, choice, contribution ,damage, discovery, excuse, favour, good, injury, research
1 The storm ..did... a lot of ..damage... to the trees in our garden.

2 I'm sure we ... a definite ... to meet on Thursday.

3 When they studied the figures closely, they ... a startling ... .
4 Michael always ... an important ... to our meetings.
5 We are ... some ... to try to find the origin of the name of
our street.

6 While she was skiing she hit a tree and ... herself a serious ... .

7 If you give him the job you'll be ... him a(n) ... . He needs
some money at the moment.

8 She was feeling unwell at the party, so she ... a(n) ... and left.
9 When Clive left school, he had to ... a(n) ... between

working for his father and going to university.

10 I tried to dissuade her from leaving her job. But it ... any
... - she handed in her resignation the next day.

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