Make or Do?
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
Departamento de Letras e Artes - DLA
Projeto de Extensão Dinamizando o Ensino da Língua Inglesa na UESC
Coordenação geral: Prof. Dr. Isaias Francisco de Carvalho
Quiz 19
Make or Do?
Recommended English-English Dictionary:
In general, we use the verb "make" with things we produce or construct and the verb "do" for activities. Unfortunately, this is just a tendency and there are many exceptions.
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TASK 1: Write MAKE or DO.
_________ money
_________ a party
_________ a cake
_________ a phone call
_________ a sandwich
_________ breakfast
_________ coffee
_________ a mess
_________ homework
_________ exercise
_________ the shopping
_________ sports
_________ an offer
_________ a suggestion
_________ plans
_________ the cooking
_________ the cleaning up
_________ noise
TASK 2: Decide between "make" or "do". Sometimes the verb needs to be conjugated.
1 - I have to ______ a telephone call.
2 - I think you're ______ a big mistake.
3 - Harry is bringing something to drink and I'm going to ______ a cake.
4 - You're more likely to ______ harm than good.
5 - You need to ______ some more work.
6 - I think we should ______ an exception in this case.
7 - Can you ______ me a favor?
8 - He's not the sort of person you can ______ business with.
9 – You’re always ______ excuses for him.
10 - The company is ______ huge profits.
11 - You can't ______ much money as an English teacher.
12 – She didn't ______ her best so she felt sad.
13 - She was late so she didn't ______ breakfast for them.
14 - He ______ the assignment, but forgot to bring it to school.
15 - Did he ______ the doctor's appointment yet?
16 - He was busy _______ the food shopping.
17 - He _______ a lot of research.
18 - It was a pleasure _______ business with you.
19 - Why does he always ______ a promise and then break it?
20 - A famous movie star is going to _______ an appearance here tonight.
21 - I will ______ the dinner dishes.
22 – I will ______ the dinner tonight.
23 - You are going to have to ______ some changes here.
24 - Can you tell me how much money he ______?
25 - She spends too much time ______ her hair and nails.
26 - I think he is trying to ______ trouble for you.
27 – what do you ______ for a living?
28 – I think I will ______ badly on my math exam.
29 – Let’s go out tonight and ______ the town!
30 – What does your father _______?
31 – How much money does your father _______?
32 – I usually _______ the cleaning on Saturday morning.
33 – I usually _______ 50 sit-ups in the morning.
34 – Please, _______ yourself at home.
35 – The teacher is funny. He is always ______ faces.
36 – I always _______ my best.
37 – The workers have to _______ a deal with the employers.
38 - ______ sure you don’t get hurt.
39 – Are you _______ anything tonight?
40 – Smoking ______ a lot of harm to your health.
41 – Don’t _______ fun of my voice!
42 – You _______ my day when you say you love me.
43 - Karin doesn't have a washer or dryer, so she has to go to the Laundromat to _______ her laundry.
44 - When Karin has friends over, they often _______ a mess.
45 – Last night bill ______ an announcement about his love of cigars.
46 – Scientists ______ discoveries that improve our lives.
47 – When you ______ a promise, you should keep it.
48 – The police ______ the thieves run for 1 hour.
49 – What are you ______ now?
50 – “Practice ______ perfect!”
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