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  • Hello.

  • Thank you very much for watching my new video about collocations with

  • do and make.

  • I know these words can be confusing.

  • If you want to know more, keep on watching.

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  • We are about to start. I'm ready. How about you? Do or make?

  • That is the question.

  • These two words which frequently confuse students can be very tricky,

  • but I will show you the differences with example sentences to help you.

  • Do is used when talking about work, jobs, and tasks.

  • This is a mess. We should do the housework.

  • Do is used when we refer to activities in general without being as specific.

  • I've got things to do.

  • We sometimes use do to replace a verb when the meaning is very

  • obvious or clear.

  • I need to do my hair. I've done the dishes.

  • In the first example, do means to brush,

  • and in the second, to wash.

  • As you can see from the context with these examples, the meaning is clear.

  • Apart from the examples mentioned, we try the most common collocations

  • with do.

  • Here you have more examples on how to use them.

  • I am going to do the shopping this afternoon.

  • Could you do me a favour and buy some milk?

  • My team did it very well in the baseball tournament.

  • She was in the kitchen doing the washing up.

  • Make.

  • It is used to indicate the origin of a product.

  • It is made of gold.

  • We also use make for producing an action or reaction.

  • You make me happy.

  • It is used before certain nouns about plans and decisions.

  • She is making plans for the weekend.

  • We use it with nouns about speaking and certain sounds.

  • Yesterday my neighbours made a lot of noise.

  • We use make with food, drinks, and meals. Dad made a cup of tea.

  • Here are some more collocations with make and how to use them.

  • Let's have a look.

  • I'm making an effort to recycle as much waste as possible.

  • She has had to make some very difficult decisions.

  • Simon finds it hard to make friends. I always make a mess when I'm baking.

  • Let's recap.

  • We are going to analyse a very short dialogue.

  • Let's make plans for Ana's birthday. I am busy now, can we do it later?

  • See that the collocation of plans is make as it is referring

  • to plans and decisions.

  • The answer is do, as we saw at the very

  • beginning of the video, the action, make some plans,

  • is obvious.

  • In these vocabulary activities, you can learn and practise common

  • collocations with do and make.

  • For further practise, you can click on the link below.

  • I remember when I was a child that I struggled with collocations such

  • as make my bed or do someone a favour.

  • I've always made mistakes.

  • Notice, another collocation with make. How about you?

  • Do you ever make mistakes with do or make?

  • Tell us in the comments below. I hope these ideas help.

  • If they do, please do not forget to subscribe to the channel.

  • We are posting new videos every week. Bye.

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「do」と「make」の違い!英語で「する」を表す2つの言葉の使い分け (Collocations with Do & Make)

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