Friday, August 15, 2008

Teaching Tips & Ideas


The use of: “To Make and To Do”

e.g. To Make A Purchase – To Do Shopping

The above examples are enough to show you that it is sometimes very hard the use of these two verbs. Sorry but all you have to do is study both verbs and get acquainted with the use of them. Here are some expressions:


Make a check______________________________
Make a difference___________________________
Make a discount____________________________
Make a mess_______________________________
Make a reservation__________________________
Make a bet_________________________________
Make a phone call___________________________
Make a speech_____________________________
Make a question____________________________
Make a compliment_________________________
Make a mistake ____________________________
Make an effort_____________________________
Do a business______________________________
Do a favor_________________________________
Do a good action____________________________
Do a stupid thing____________________________
Do as you like______________________________
That will do________________________________
Do one’s best______________________________
Do good__________________________________
Do justice_________________________________
Do nothing________________________________
Do wrong_________________________________
Do the right thing___________________________


As you can see, it’s not that easy to deal with “Make” and “Do” ! You should go to the Dictionary and discover the meaning of the words and expressions and fill in the blanks. HC

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