1. MAKE AND DO Useful English Verbs1 @janetbianchini 2012
2. Which expressions with MAKE or DO can you see in the UK
shape?2 @janetbianchini 2012
3. Can you guess what these MAKE and DO expressions are? Eg
Make a cake3 @janetbianchini 2012
4. Look through the following MAKE and DO sentences and with
your partner decide if they are CORRECT or INCORRECT. 1. She
usually makes the bed in the morning. 2. Did you make your homework
yesterday? 3. Why are you doing so much noise? Please be quiet!! 4.
He did a silly mistake. 5. Can I make a phone call here, please? 6.
Karl loves doing cakes. 7. What can I make with my hair? It looks
terrible! 8. Janet wants the students to make a lot of progress
with their English. 9. Ive got toothache. I need to do an
appointment with the dentist. 10.What did you do at the weekend?
11.I am making an English course at the Lake School.4
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5. Fill in the gaps with either MAKE and DO verbs and change
the tense if necessary. 1. She usually ...................the bed
in the morning. 2. Did you ...................your homework
yesterday? 3. Why are you .............so much noise? Please be
quiet!! 4. He ...................a silly mistake. 5. Can I
...............................a phone call here, please? 6. Karl
loves ..................................cakes. 7. What can I
.....................with my hair? It looks terrible! 8. Janet
wants the students to .............a lot of progress with their
English. 9. Ive got toothache. I need to ..................an
appointment with the dentist. 10.What did you
...................................at the weekend? 11.I am
.................an English course at the Lake School.5
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6. MAKE DO a mistake the washing an appointment the washing-up
/ the dishes a phone call the shopping a list a favour a noise an
exam the bed something good / bad / wrong a film / interesting /
nothing a meal the housework coffee / tea / a drink homework money
a job a mess an exercise a profit / a loss military service
progress ones best an excuse ones hair an effort an English course
clothes sport friends a crossword puzzle the gardening6
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7. Find out how many of your classmates: made a phone call last
night did the washing up yesterday did homework this morning made
the bed this morning made an effort to speak English yesterday made
friends with someone new yesterday did something interesting after
school made a list last week did some cooking last week did a
crossword puzzle at the weekend7 @janetbianchini 2012
8. Complete the following sentence stems: I usually do my
homework ............................................... I am
making a big effort to
............................................... I think doing a
sport is....................................................... I
am doing this English course because ..........................
Doing the cooking is
......................................................... When I
make a mistake, I usually .....................................
Doing the test on Friday morning is
...................................8 @janetbianchini 2012
9. You have 2 minutes to create a short paragraph combining the
following expressions with MAKE or DO! an effort a mistake homework
progress a test9 @janetbianchini 2012