How to Use Make and Do in English

In this lesson, you can learn how to use make and do through sample conversations and examples.
You’ll see the differences between 'make’ and ‘do’, and all the meanings of each verb. You’ll also see phrasal verbs and collocations with ‘make’ and ‘do’.
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Contents:
1. Basic Ways to Use 'Do' and 'Make' 0:51
2. Make = Create Something 2:41
3. Make = Produce a Reaction 5:52
4. Do = Carry Out a Task 8:32
5. Do = Something/Anything/Everything/Nothing
6. Phrasal Verbs and Collocations 12:23
This lesson will help you:
- Clarify any confusion you had about how to use make and do correctly in both speaking and writing.
- Understand the basic ways to use the verbs make and do.
- See examples of how you can use make to create something.
- Learn how to use make to mean that a reaction was produced.
- Get examples of how you can use do to mean 'carry out a task'.
- See how you can use do with words like 'something', 'anything', 'nothing', and 'everything'.
- Better understand how to use do and make in phrasal verb and collocation forms.
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YT How to Use Make and Do in English You can use ‘make’ when you create a result. You can use ‘make’ for things with a physical result, like ‘make a card’, ‘make a cake’, or ‘make dinner’. You can also use ‘make’ for non-physical results, like ‘make a mistake’, ‘make progress’ or ‘make a noise’. For physical results, it’s common to use ‘make’ with food and drink, like ‘make a sandwich’, ‘make a cup of coffee’, or ‘make pizza.’ You can also ‘make a toy’, ‘make a chair’, or ‘make a shelf’, if you do it yourself. You can say that companies make things; for example: ‘Apple make the iPhone’, or ‘Honda make cars’. For non-physical results, there are many possibilities. You could say ‘make a joke’, ‘make a suggestion’, ‘make a friend’, or ‘make an appointment.’ It’s also common to use ‘make’ with money words, like ‘make money’, ‘make a profit’ or ‘make an investment.’ ‘Do’ means to perform an activity or a task. For example, you do work, do the washing-up, or do everything. ‘Make’ means to create something and/or produce a result. If you make a shopping list, make dinner, or make a presentation, then you create something; there’s a result at the end of the process. That’s the basic difference between ‘do’ and ‘make’. You can use ‘make’ to mean ‘produce a reaction in someone.’ Similar to the last section, this could be a physical reaction, as in: They make my face really puffy. They make my eyes water. The antihistamines make me sleepy. You could also use it for emotional reactions. For example: The news made him angry. Thinking about what he said made me happy. Finally, you can use ‘make’ for reactions which are both physical and emotional, like this: It was such a sad film. It made me cry for hours. He’s so funny. He makes me laugh all the time. OK, here’s a task for you. Look at three questions: What makes you really happy? Can you remember the last thing that made you laugh? What could make you angry? Being outside on a beautiful day makes me really happy. The last thing that made me laugh was a joke my colleague made in a meeting this morning. Someone not telling the truth could make me angry. Have you done the ________ for our sales meeting? I’ve been doing a ________ on digital marketing. I’m going home to do some last-minute ________ Have you done the report for our sales meeting? I’ve been doing a course on digital marketing. I’m going home to do some last-minute revision. 5. Do + Something/Anything/Everything/Nothing I need to do something about my hair. It’s a mess! Do you want to do anything this weekend? She’s so lazy! She sits in her office all day doing nothing. They’re a very close couple; they do everything together. ‘Make of’ is mostly used in questions, when you want to ask someone for their opinion. If someone asks you ‘What did you make of it?’, ‘What did you make of the concert?’,

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9:42 do a deal => I am in the US, we make a deal ;) This is how I would explain to an English learner what "make do" means: to perform a task or to get by with what one's got ;)

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People "make" products and "do" services. In addition, there are expressions like "make do" which have to be learned by heart.

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12:26 make and do together "I make do with what I have" = mi arrangio con quello che ho "What did you make of..." = Cosa ne pensi di...

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1. Complete a yoga pose makes me really happy. 2. The exciting answer of my baby is the last thing that make me laugh. 3. The irresponsiable of the partner can make me angry.

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Nice, Tung Le! Here are some tips: 1) 'Completing a yoga pose makes me...' not, 'Complete'. 2) '...the last thing that made me laugh,' not, 'make'. 3) 'The irresponsibility of my partner can...' not, 'The irresponsiable of the partner can...'. Hope this is useful for you!

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Nice! Remember, when you talk about a singular situation 'it', you want to say, 'makes me happy'. For example: 'The understanding between my friend and I makes me happy'.

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Sir Like these sentences how to decide which verb use after "What you are doing" is /are Is or are

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My answers: 1.- My family makes me happy 2.- The last thing that made me laugh was when my sister fell down 3.- Not getting enough sleep at night, could makes me angry

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Thanks for sharing, Ana! Here is one correction: 'Not getting enough sleep at night could make me angry,' not, 'Not getting enough sleep at night, could makes me angry'. Hope this helps you!

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What's difference between make a deal and do a deal? would do you please help to answer it? thanks

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calvin zhang ,hi , maybe , do a deal is make a deal under pressure of circumstances Or carry out a process of putting a deal

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Can "a deal" and "a report" be used with both do and make? I saw "make a deal" and "make a report" in dictionaries, thought it was the right variant.

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You can use this as well. If you 'make a deal' that means you come to an agreement with another person. If you 'make a report' that means you create a report from gathered information. 'Do a report' is the physical action of working on that report. They are often interchangeable.

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Hi Aliya, do you mean 'make a phone call'? If so, we use 'make' in that situation. Thanks for watching!

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Good day Gina, At time 0:15 I heard you are saying (All OF the meanings of each verb) but in subtitles I see (All meanings of each verb). I feel that the saying words are correct. Please could you confirm it?

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Hi Arman, both expressions are correct. We can say 'all of the + plural...' or 'all + plural'. Sometimes, you'll even hear native speakers say 'all the + plural'. Hope this helps you!

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Hi Kidus. You may find some helpful information in our lesson on collocations: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/collocations-in-english.

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The thing that makes me happy is that when my mom said that i could take a leave

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Hi Martin and Gina , why linking sounds are coming in your speech. Connected speech is not available. May I know why????

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I will make my son proud of me. I will make the lights on the balcony. I will make a very good move I have learned in my chess game with Greg tonight

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Very good video thanks alot👍 Just one question please you said. Do shoping list then you said make report and both of them writing and taskes. One you used do and the other used make, i am confused

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Hi there, we actually said 'make' a shopping list: 0:51. Hope this helps you!

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Thank you very much for your replay. I did asked you wrong way i meant you said make shopping list at 0:51 then do report at 8;35 and both of them tasks and writing

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