Do you know the difference between make and do?
These two verbs can be quite tricky because in some languages it's just one verb, such
as 'hacer' in Spanish.
So don't worry it's a really common problem.
In this video I'm gonna show you the difference between the two verbs, how to use them, and
then at the end of the video I'm gonna talk about some really common collocations, so
make sure you stay until the end.
[Intro]
Hi everyone and welcome back to Pronunciation with Emma.
So let's start with make first, so to make something means to create or to produce something,
for example "I made you a cup of tea".
I produced, I created a cup of tea for you, therefore I made you a cup of tea.
We can also talk about the origin of something.
"This table was made in Spain".
It's made is Spain, it was created, produced, it's the origin, therefore we're using make.
Or we can talk about an item's material.
"This chair is made of wood".
It can also be used when we're talking about provoking a reaction of some kind, such as
"watching sad films makes me cry".
Or an obligation, "she made him leave the room".
In this context it's like using "she forced him to leave the room".
Now do on the other hand is used for more general activities, such as "I don't have
anything to do today".
Or daily activities and tasks, "I need to do the ironing", "have you done your homework?".
We can also use do to replace verbs when it's really obvious from the context what we're
talking about, for example, "I need to do my nails", meaning, "I need to paint my nails".
Now let's have a look at this example, if I say to you "what are you doing?", the focus
here is on the action you're performing.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm making a video", while make, the focus is on the thing that you are producing, so
"what are you making?" "a video", now I'm not talking about the action, I'm talking
about the thing that I am producing.
Now it's time for everyone's favourite part, some collocations, so I'm gonna give you a
list with make and a list with do.
These are pretty common ones, and they're also ones that I've heard my students confuse
quite a lot, so I've very very carefully picked these ones for you guys.
With make I can say [reads collocations with make].
With do I can say [reads collocations with do].
That's it for this video, guys.
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