Collocations: Make vs Do — Never Mix Them Up Again (B1)
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B1 ⏱ 5 min
⚙️ Collocations: Make vs Do — Never Mix Them Up Again
As a barista, you make coffee. As a manager, you make decisions. But you do the cleaning, not make it. This distinction cost me in my first English job.
📖 The Key Rule
MAKE — creating, producing something / relationships:
make a coffee, make a mistake, make a decision, make a phone call, make friends, make money, make an effort, make progress
DO — actions, activities, work, tasks:
do homework, do the dishes, do business, do research, do exercise, do a course, do your best, do harm
Tip: there’s no logical rule — learn them as chunks.
🍷 From My Shifts
She ___ a mistake in the order and had to redo it.
I need to ___ the dishes before I can relax.
He ___ a lot of money in the hospitality industry.
Can you ____________ me a coffee? (make/do)
I need to ____________ some research before the lesson. (make/do)
📝 Make or Do?
1. ___ a course 2. ___ a plan 3. ___ your best 4. ___ an appointment 5. ___ the shopping
Answers: do / make / do / make / do
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