Question

Make or do?
Task 1 WORDS USED WITH MAKE OR DO
Look at the sentences below and decide whether they should be completed with the verb
make or the verb do. The form of these verbs will need to change in most sentences. Use the
words in bold to help you.
5. We
1. Has your mother a will yet?
2. She her piano exercises every morning.
3. The storm a lot of damage last night.
4. Who will be the speech at her wedding?
a large profit when we sold our house.
6 There's a lot of work still to be
7. At the moment he's great efforts to learn Spanish
8. They a lot of business with European countries.
9. I'm not the washing today.
10. When we got to the hotel the beds hadn't been
11. The workmen are so much noise we can't use the telephone.
12. We are good progress towards finishing the house.
13. He didn't mean to any harm.
14. His wife usually_all the housework.
15. The milk boiled over and a mess on the stove
16. I can't today's crossword - it too hard.
17. Are you going to a Christmas ake again this year?
18. How much money did you last year?
19. It took us hours to the washing up after the party
20. He an inquiry about trains to Edinburgh.
21. I need to a quick phone call before we leave.
22. Don't such a fuss - it's only a little scratth.
23. She a mistake in typing the address.
24. We friends with some French people on holiday
25. Our company is small but it's well.
26. She a few notes before her speech
27. She was the Ironing when I came home
28. Companies often a loss in their first year of operations

Answer 1

1. Has your mother made a will yet?
2. She did her piano exercises every morning
3. The storm did a lot of damage last night.
4. Who will be making the speech at her wedding?
5. We made a large profit when we sold our house.
6. There’s a lot of work still to be done.
7. At the moment he’s making great efforts to learn spanish.
8. They do a lot of business with European countries.
9. I’m not doing the washing today.
10. When we got to the hotel the beds hadn’t been made.
11. The workmen are making so much noise we can’t use the telephone.
12. We are making good progress towards finishing the house.
13. He didn’t mean to do any harm.
14. His wife usually does all the housework.
15. The milk boiled over and made a mess on the stove
16. I cant do today’s crossword- it’s too hard
17. Are you going to make a Christmas cake (?) again this year?
18. How much money did you make last year?
19. It took us hours to do the washing up after the party.
20. He made an inquiry about trains to Edinburgh
21. I need to make a quick phone call before we leave
22. Don’t make such a fuss-
23. She made a mistake in typing the address
24. We made friends with some french people on holiday
25. Our company is small but it’s well done
26. She made a few notes before her speech
27 She was doing the ironing when i came home
28. Companies often make a loss in their first year of operations.