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Make or Do Exercises (B1) — Free

Make or do: common collocations

Many languages use one verb where English uses two, so 'make' and 'do' are easy to mix up. As a general rule, 'make' is for creating or producing something: make a cake, make a noise, make a phone call, make a mistake, make money. 'Do' is for activities, jobs and tasks, often things we have to do: do homework, do the shopping, do the washing-up, do exercise. Some expressions don't follow the rule and you just have to learn them: make the bed, make a decision, make progress, do someone a favour, do your best. A common mistake is 'make homework' or 'do a mistake'. Remember to use the right form: make, makes, making, made; do, does, doing, did, done. In each item, write make or do in the correct form.

  1. I usually (make/do) my homework after dinner.

  2. Please don't (make/do) a noise. The baby is sleeping.

  3. Can you (make/do) me a favour and close the window?

  4. I (make/do) a mistake in the last question of yesterday's test.

  5. Who (make/do) the washing-up last night?

  6. Excuse me, I need to (make/do) a phone call. I'll be back in five minutes.

  7. I'm (make/do) a cake for my mum's birthday.

  8. Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm (make/do) the shopping.

  9. Have you (make/do) any exercise this week?

  10. Could you (make/do) your bed before you go to school, please?

  11. We need to (make/do) a decision about the holiday before Friday.

  12. My brother (make/do) a lot of progress with his English since January.

  13. Our team (make/do) its best, but we lost the match.

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