Quiz playing is a wonderful way to increase your knowledge of English as a Second Language. Remember that all of our ESL quizzes have titles that are both friendly and technical at the same time… In the case of this quiz you might like to tell your friends about the “How Do You Do Quiz” but your teacher will probably talk to you about "Making and Doing". If you hear a technical term and you want to find a quiz about the subject then just look through the list of quiz titles until you find what you need.
Like other languages, English uses a hard-working group of little vital everyday verbs such as "do" and "make". Some other languages have a single verb that covers all these usages of both making and doing. For instance French: faire; German: machen; Spanish: hacer. Unfortunately English is a little more complicated and you need to learn which word ('make' or 'do') to use in difference circumstances.
[readmore]For your information, "How do you do?" is a standard, slightly old-fashioned English question that people ask each other when they meet. It does not really expect a full true answer; it's just a courtesy to help start the conversation.
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In English we 'do a deal' ... and the phrase works even better because both words start with that same letter D.
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The weather 'does ...' things in English, rather than 'making' them.
We use the continuous form of the verb in this situation, as we shall need to decide about tomorrow's programme once we know what it 'is doing' (ongoing / continuous) at that time. |
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This is a standard way to encourage someone (a 'bystander') to help in a difficult situation.
'Make something' would only be sensible in a situation where there were materials to make something with, perhaps if you were preparing for a party and you wanted them to help with the cooking or putting up decorations. You could give them a recipe, or some coloured paper or balloons etc., to 'make'- physically ~ into something else. We talk about 'making models' and 'making cakes', where someone follows a process (with some skill and patience) and there is a definite end-product that other people can appreciate. |
'Do deals ... (Question 1) ... make money!'
Another 'alliterative pair' ( d~ d~ / m~ m~ ), with a positive ring to it, particularly if you are studying Business English. Answer 4 was almost right; a commercial activity can 'bring in' money, and a job can 'bring in' so much money over a certain time. ('Young Tim's early-morning newspaper round brings (him) in £'x' a week'.') |
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Note which way round the verbs are in these two important expressions.
You would probably be understood if you used them the other way, but it's not particularly hard to get them right! |
This is very similar to Question 5. Note the expressions, and add them to any book or list that you are keeping ~ so you'll come across them again and get used to using them!
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'Do' is the all-purpose 'filler' verb when there is no other more precise word.
We say something will 'do' when there is enough of it ('Will this milk do for three cups of coffee?') ... ... but people (or things) 'make' trouble, rather than 'doing' it. (But you can 'have trouble doing something' : 'Excuse me, I'm having trouble understanding this document.') |
These are both fairly similar expressions to ones in earlier Questions.
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' ... they will build a car than can manage to be so fuel-efficient'.
For our international readers, 100 miles to the gallon would be 2.8 litres / 100 km. (Will this happen in your lifetime? What do you think?) |
Two useful expressions here, each using both verbs:
'Do make' is emphatic, as in 'If you really can manage to arrange to come' (' ... but we realise there's a chance that you might not be able to ...'). 'Make it' = to arrive safely, e.g. 'The weather was foul, but I made it; sorry I'm a bit late and wet!' 'Make do' = to manage, to continue even though things are difficult ('Our furniture hasn't arrived from Japan yet, so we're making-do with what we can find.') Many languages have useful phrases for this; what's yours? We hope you will soon be using these expressions confidently ~ instead of 'making do' with whatever first comes into your head! |