Hello, everyone, and welcome back to my channel Sparkle English where I teach you how to improve
your level of English. In order to improve your English vocabulary, it's very important that you
know English collocations collocations. These are common expressions in English. In today's lesson,
I'm going to teach you over 30 different collocations with do. So what are collocations? A
collocation is a group of two or more words that are put together to create a specific meaning.
Basically, a collocation is a common expression. Using a different combination of words
sounds strange or unnatural. For example, we say you need to do your homework.
We don't say you need to make your homework. Do your homework is the correct expression.
So first, I'm going to teach you different collocations with do related to home and
the kitchen. We say do the dishes or do the washing up when you are cleaning dishes.
Do housework, do the shopping. For example, when you go to the supermarket and buy milk and eggs,
do a task or do a small job. Do the laundry like this woman here. Do the ironing, do chores.
Chores are small jobs around the house. Do exercise. Do homework.
Let's look at some sentence examples. Joe has to do his homework before he can watch TV. I have to
do the laundry. All of my clothes are dirty. You need to do the dishes if I cook dinner.
Have you done all your chores this week? Now let's look at some collocations with do related
to work and business. Do work, do a project, do a favor. If you do someone a favor, it means you are
helping them out in some way. For example, if my friend was moving, I could let her borrow my truck
or my van and that would be a favor. Do an assignment, do business. Do a course. Do research.
Do something or do nothing. Do math. Do your job. Do your duty. For example,
a mother or father... their duty is to protect their children so they have to do their duty.
Let's look at some sentence examples. Beth has to do some work tonight before her meeting tomorrow.
It was a pleasure doing business with you. He did nothing to help us when we needed him.
Can you do me a favor? I need to borrow your car today.
And remember, that we say do with I, you, we, and they in the present tense.
And with he, she, and it we say does. So he does business. She does research.
Now let's look at more collocations with do. Do your hair. For example, this girl is doing
her hair. She's putting her hair in a bun. Do your makeup like this girl. Do your nails. If you go to
do your nails, we mean to get your nails painted or get a manicure. Do your best or do your worst.
Do an activity ,do harm. If you do harm, you are hurting someone or something. Do damage.
If you do damage to a car for example or to a window, you break it.
Do the minimum. If you do the minimum, you are not doing your best. Do well. Do badly.
Let's look at some sentence example. I'm going to do my nails before my date tonight.
Aaron did the minimum on our science project. He didn't do his best.
We did a fun activity during my art lesson today. Did you do well on your exam this afternoon?
So now we're going to do a practice quiz. You have to complete the sentences with the correct
collocation on the right. We have do my homework, do exercise, do well,
do the shopping, do research, do business and do a favor. Make sure to put the collocation
in the correct tense. Maybe it's present simple, present continuous, or the past.
Number one. I don't think you should ________ with that, man. He isn't very trustworthy.
Number two, can you ______ me_______ ? I need to come over and use your Wi Fi.
Number three, my mom says I can come to your house tonight if I ________ first.
Number four, we are out of milk and eggs. I need to ________ .
Number five. I need to ________ more________ I have gained a lot of weight. Number six. Janet
thinks she ________ on her exam yesterday. She said it was easy. And finally number seven.
We should ____ some more _______ before we book our hotel. I want to stay in a safe neighborhood.
Number one, I don't think you should do business with that man. He isn't very trustworthy. Number
two, can you do me a favor? I need to come over and use your Wi Fi. Number three,
my mom says I can come to your house if I do my homework first. Number four. We are out of
milk and eggs. I need to do the shopping. Number five. I need to do more exercise. I have gained
a lot of weight. Number six. Janet thinks she did well on her exam yesterday. She said it was easy.
For this one, we have to say did well and not do well because we're talking about the
past. We said yesterday. She did well on her exam yesterday. And finally number seven, we should do
some more research before we book our hotel. I want to stay in a safe neighborhood.
Okay, so let me know in the comments section how many you got correct out of seven. You can
also practice writing some sentences with some of the do collocations you learned in this lesson.
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And you can also check out my videos on make and have collocations, which I will link you to in the
description below this video. Thank you guys for watching, and I will see you in my next lesson.