CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE
8. 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.
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1
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Has your mother ________ a will yet?
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2
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She ________ her piano exercises every morning.
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3
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The storm ________ a lot of damage last night.
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4
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Who will be ________ the speech at her wedding?
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5
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We ________ a large profit when
we sold our house.
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6
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There's a lot of work still
to be ________ .
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7
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At the moment he's ________ great efforts
to learn Spanish.
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8
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They ________ a lot of business
with European countries.
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9
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I'm not ________ the washing today.
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10
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When we got to the hotel, the beds
hadn't been ________ .
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11
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The workmen are ________ so much noise
we can't use the telephone.
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12
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We are ________ good progress
towards finishing the house.
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13
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He didn't mean to ________ any harm.
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14
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His wife usually ________ all the housework.
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15
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The milk boiled over and ________ a mess
on the stove.
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16
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I can't ________ today's crossword
- it's too hard.
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17
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Are you going to ________ a Christmas cake
again this year?
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18
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How much money did you
________ last year?
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19
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It took us hours to ________ the washing
up after the party.
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20
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He ________ an inquiry about
trains to Edinburgh.
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21
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I need to ________ a quick phone call before
we leave.
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22
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Don't ________ such a fuss -
it's only a little scratch.
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23
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She ________ a mistake in
typing the address.
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24
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We ________ friends with
some French people on holiday.
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25
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Our company is small but it's ________ well.
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26
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She ________ a few notes before
her speech.
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27
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She was ________ the ironing when
I came home.
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28
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Companies often ________ a loss
in their first year of operations.
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2.
IDIOMS AND COLLOQUIALISMS USING MAKE
Replace the words and expressions in
bold with an expression using make from the box.
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make
the best of
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make
time
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make
a break with
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made
off with
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made
a meal of
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make-believe
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make
do with
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make
up my mind
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1
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The burglar stole all
their silver.
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2
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She forgot her pyjamas and had to use
a T-shirt because there was nothing else available.
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3
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They say it will rain this afternoon so
we'd better take advantage of the sunshine while it's here.
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4
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I can't decide whether to
take the afternoon off to do some shopping or stay in the office and work.
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5
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She spent a lot of unnecessary
time and went to a lot of effort repainting the kitchen.
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6
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His stories about his love affairs are
just not true, although he pretends they are.
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7
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We must arrange to visit the new
sports club even though we are short of time.
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8
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I've tried to forget my last
girlfriend, but it's not always easy to move away from the
past.
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3.
IDIOMS AND COLLOQUIALISMS USING DO
The words in bold are all in the wrong
sentences. Decide which sentences they should go in.
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1
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If the computer doesn't work, hit it -
that should do the sights and get it working again.
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2
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Will you do the turn,
John, and pour us all a drink?
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3
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He never uses violence himself. He just
gets other people to do the yourself work for him.
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4
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He looks a bit unhappy. An evening out
would do don'ts to cheer him up.
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5
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She's very good at painting, decorating
and other do-it-trick jobs.
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6
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You don't have a car? How can you do turn
one? You must have a good public transport system in our area.
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7
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This chicken is cooked perfectly. It's
done to a dirty.
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8
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She told him all the do's and without
about working in the office, and helped him to settle in.
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9
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He did me a good honours by
writing a job reference for me, so I helped him in return.
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10
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When we went to Barcelona, we did all
the wonders and took hundreds of photographs.
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