Estas dos palabras pueden resultar desconcertantes, pero no podemos prescindir de ellas en nuestro discurso. En este artículo, como profesora de inglés, discutiremos la diferencia básica entre ellas y te daré 14 colocaciones en las que se utilizan "make" y "do".
La diferencia básica entre "do" y "make" es que usamos "do" para actividades generales (trabajos, aficiones, etc.) y usamos "make" cuando hablamos de producir algo. En otras palabras, utilizamos "do" con cosas más abstractas y "make" cuando construimos o creamos algo.
Comparación entre do y make
- Do work vs make a presentation
- Do exercise vs make some tea
Ambos verbos forman parte de distintas colocaciones. En estas colocaciones, no debes prestar atención a si algo es abstracto, una actividad general o un resultado. Lo mejor es recordarlas. Practica estas colocaciones en tu discurso, haz frases o historias con ellas.
7 collocations with "do"
- Do business - My husband and I are doing a family business
- Do well - Sarah thinks she did pretty well in the exam
- Do a crossword - I prefer doing crosswords in my free time
- Do someone good - Eating vegetables will do you good
- Do time (=to be imprisoned) - Josh committed a crime and now he's doing time
- Do harm - Mary spilled red wine on her shirt and when she was trying to wipe it she did more harm
- Do the washing up - In my family I am the only person who does the washing up after dinner
7 collocations with "make"
- Make money - People who work in insurance make a lot of money
- Make the bed - I always make the bed after getting up
- Make believe - When John was a child he always made believe that he was a young prince
- Make a mistake - I think I failed my exam because I made a lot of mistakes
- Make time - Keith hopes that during his vacation he will make tome for his hobbies
- Make up your mind! - Stop hesitating. Make up your mind already!
- Make an appointment - He made an appointment with his doctor this Friday