Collocations
I'm going to MAKE some TEA.
This sentence uses the collocation MAKE THE TEA. COLLOCATIONS refer to a group of two or more words that usually go together.
Even though it possible to use other word combinations, understanding collocations is important to improve fluency because they are words that usually go together.
Make and Do are very commonly used in collocations.
Collocations with MAKE
make a cup of coffee
make noise
make the bed
make sense
Collocations with DO
do the laundry
do the errands
do business
do the shopping
MAKE and DO are perfect examples of verbs that go together with specific nouns. A verb + noun combination is a very common grammatical structure for collocations.
There is often no reason for a collocation. People just put certain words together more often than they put other words together. In fact, the use of collocations has become popular in English.
STRONG COLLOCATIONS refer to words that almost always go together. It is possible that people might understand you if you don't use a strong collocation. However, if you do not use a strong collocation it will sound funny to native speakers.