Hello everyone today I am going to bring you a Grammar lesson on the difference between
two very similar words that we use which are "Do and Make" well a lot of people think that
these words mean pretty much the same thing and maybe you right in a way but today I am
going to show you clear distinction between these two words. So please stay tuned when
I tell you what's the difference between “Do and Make”
Now first thing that you need to really remember about these two words is that we are talking
about action words and since we are all learning English we know
that action words are verbs so as far as the grammar rule is concerned action words are
verbs ok so what is the difference so if both of them are verbs and both of them are action
words then why should we use it differently, because there difference right let’s see
what the real difference is
The first one is the first word that we are talking about is “Do”
Now do is mostly used when we are talking about obligations
and a repeative task .Well what are obligations? Obligations are things that you have to do
right so when you get up in the morning what do you do? you do something ok you brush your
teeth, you do things like you take a bath right so when you use the word " Do “most
often then or not you will always use it for obligations things that you have to do, every
single day or every single month or on a very regular bases ok and repetitive task are duties
or work that repeatedly every single day, every single hour or every single month, or
every single year ok. So let’s have a look at a few examples and
see why “Do" is used differently from “ Make".
Now I have kind of a made of made two columns and the word "Do “can be used in these four
categories ok.
The first category is housework, so if you are talking about house work well what are
we talking about various kind of activities that we have to do at work. Is that an obligation?
Well yes pretty much it is you have to do your work at home you can't do otherwise right
So let's have a look at the few example so if we are going to talk about housework we
are going to take a couple of activities and we will say "we do the dished “right you
don't make the dishes, you do the dishes in the sense that this means that you are cleaning
up the dishes after you have eaten you have got a whole you have a lot of dishes piled
up there ,so you are simply saying ok I am going to hang up now I have got to do the
dishes ok
Well if you have clothes that are not ironed you won't look really good so in that case
you would have to do the laundry this is another very important housework that we pretty much
do every single day or in general if you are talking about a house hold activity you can
say that I do the chores so when I am at home I do the chores because my mom is not around
ok so that how you will use the word " Do" when you are talking about house work because
that relates to an obligation that you just have to do you can’t do otherwise ok .
The second category when we are talking about the word 'Do" is when we are talking about
work or study. Now work could be general work
or study in general you know when you are studying something .So you know if I want
to say do your work I could talk about general work do you work do whatever you are doing
but leave me alone ,do your work ok . But if you are talking about studying you could
say I am gonna do a report ok or I am gonna do a theses. thesis’s another word for report
so I am gonna do a theses on words , so you are basically learning about words and you
are now going to do a report about you are going to study about that and you are going
to write about that what it means to do a report or a theses a sometimes you are in
college and you are learning or a you know you are learning a in a specific field maybe
you are in psychology or maybe you have taken literature that's when you will say I do a
course or I am doing a course on psychology I am doing a course on literature you don't
make course on literature you do a course on literature or psychology
Now the third category of using the word " Do" is taking care of your body ok, Now this is
very important because we all have to take care of our bodies right so when you are doing
something which requires you take care of yourself your physical appearance I think
that would be more of a repetitive task right you keep doing that every single day right
or pretty much every once in a hour if you are a very ....... persons ,right so for example
you do your hair , right so when I get up in the morning I got to do my hair because
if I won't I will not look very good and people will make fun of me so we are talking about
doing actives or actions which relate to taking care of your body, so do your hair I do my
hair I do my makeup so people who wear their makeup every single day for them that is a
repetitive task and therefore do their makeup they don't you can also say put your make
up but they don't make their makeup they do their makeup , ok but the only exception for
this is taking a shower so you don't do your shower the exception that is take a shower
or take a bath out of all the activities relating to taking care of your body this is an exception
when in you will never use the word “Do” you will just say take a shower or take a
bath ok and the fourth category refers to general actions they are several actions that
are you can actually come up with but I have just put a few so that you are clear about
what I am talking about. So the first one is “ Do well " so whatever
that is that you are doing you want to do the best right so I am teaching I wanna ensure
that I do the best, some of you are going to do a video now do well that's the general
action ok or you are going to work or you are going to give your exam so do well ok
or do your very best that a general action that we are talking about we can also talk
about something which says “do everything” or “do nothing” so these are very common
words used so you can tell your friend do everything that takes to ensure that no one
gets hurt or do everything to make sure you get to the top ,ok or you could say do nothing
to spoil the peace ok so we are going to use the words “Do” the word " Do" when you
are talking about general actions ok so it could be any actions you can come up with
some more because there are various actions they can talk about ok so Now we are going
to learn the difference because there are various actions you can come talk about ok
,so now we are going to learn the difference because now we are gonna talk about the word
“Make” and see how that’s going to turn out to be and when we are going to use it
right so “Make” again as we have learned is an action word so there for it is a verb
ok but now we have got five categories for the verb “Make” as well.
The first one is food ok well people who are talking about food and talking about actions
relating to food you will never say “Do” you don’t do breakfast you make breakfast,
so action of actually preparing breakfast is used when you are going to use the word
“Make” you will say I make breakfast or I make a sandwich for breakfast or I make
tea or coffee or whatever it is that you are going to make.
Now if you are not really going to cook by yourself but you are going to a restaurant
you got to reserve your table right so that’s when you make a reservation you are not doing
a reservation you are making a reservation for two people ok so when you are going to
use “Make” in relation to food this is how you are going to use it.
The second category on this word relates to money ok so when we are talking about an action
word of making money ok we all have to earn money right we will use the word “Make”
and not “Do” so you make a fortune, you make one hundred dollars an hour or you make
one hundred pounds per sale that you are making so when you are talking about money you are
never going to use “Do” always use “Make”.
Now what about relationships alright we all have relationships it’s could be friends,
it could be work colleagues, it could be romantic relationships. When you are talking about
relationships action words related to them will always be words starting with “Make”
so you make friends right so you are new to a place you are not gonna “Do” friends
you are gonna make friends right you gonna make new friends make friends that you know
have similar interests like yours. Makeup is again related to relationships because
makeup is basically you know patching after a fight patching up after a fight. so you
and your boyfriend had a fight and you have not been talking for a couple of days but
then you have eventually made up right you don't say you don't use the word “Do”
over here you will say make because that refers to your relationship when in you are patching
up after a long fight or after a long time of not talking to someone ok.
And the next a way that you will use “make” as an action word in a relationship context
is when you make a pass well making a pass is another way of saying that you are flirt
with someone. So if you are in a bar and if someone is trying to buy you a drink they
are probably making a pass at you they are flirting with you ok so that’s what making
a pass is all about and you can use the word” make “because we are talking about an action
word as far as a relationship goes ok there are many other ways that’s using this word
in a relationship but I have just put in some for you and for your benefit.
And the next category or the last category of using the word make is when you are talking
about communication in general communicating is nothing but giving information’s of people
around you right it could be in various ways so we have an expression like this where in
you “make a point” ok so you are trying to say something ok so when you are trying
to say something or you are trying to talk about a particular topic that's when you are
making a point you don't do a point you make a point because you are communicating or you
are trying to talk about a topic you are trying to say something, ok another very useful expression
I have got for you is “make confession or you could also say make a complaint” ok
so making a confession is again the act of communicating because you are telling something
you are confessing something to someone you are making a complaint is when you are annoyed
or angry you make sure that the person knows that you are not very happy and that’s when
you will say you are making confession or making a complain you never do a complaint
or a confession you always make one . ok and I have got another the last example
for you which is make an excuse this again is a way of communicating as to why you didn't
do what you were supposed to do ok so that when you make an excuse you don't do an excuse
ok so these are the various ways of using " Do and Make " but you can see for yourself
that both these word even thou they are action words are not very similar they have a really
distinction between then.
So I will be back with some more lessons, I hope you have found it very interesting & very
informative, I will be back with some more lessons until then this is me saying take care