To make or to do? Intermediate Lesson 15

Today we are going to learn: How to talk about gender roles Collocations with make and do Easily confused words

Who do you think gossips more at work? Men or women? Who is better at making decisions? Who is good at making excuses? Who enjoys doing the cooking? Do men or women tend to do more degrees in finance? Who does homework more often?

Gossip A conversation about other people

Make or do? ________ decisions ________ courses ________ nothing ________ people laugh ________ excuses ________ friends ________ a mistake ________ homework ________ money ________ the shopping ________ a degree (in) ________ a mess

DO courses nothing homework a degree the shopping

MAKE excuses money friends a decision A mistake people laugh A mess

Do housework vs. do homework You do housework at home. It means clean up, do the washing, do the ironing. Homework is the task you are given at school, on a course. Don’t forget to do your Italian homework! Do exercise vs. do exercises Exercises are short tasks in a coursebook. This word is countable. Exercise (uncountable) means physical activity, e.g. working out at the gym. Do you do a lot of exercise? How often do you do exercise?

Make a decision vs. make up your mind You make a decision after some thinking and discussion. If it a serious matter, you can say take a decision. Now we need to make a decision about where we want to live. You make up your mind when you have a few choices and after thinking for some time. Which one do you want? Hurry up and make up your mind!

Practice Yulia is always late and she’s always __________ funny excuses, like ‘I had to take my capybara to the vet’. I hate __________housework, but I don’t mind washing up at the weekend. I try to __________ my English homework every day. I’m all sore, I __________a lot of exercise in the gym yesterday. Can you tell our neighbour next door to stop __________so much noise in the morning? Hi, honey! I have to stay late at work. Can __________the shopping tonight? You have to __________ the decision by Friday next week. Oh no! I have only been away for two days and you’ve __________ a complete mess of our flat!

Practice Yulia is always late and she’s always making funny excuses, like ‘I had to take my capybara to the vet’. I hate doing housework, but I don’t mind washing up at the weekend. I try to do my English homework every day. I’m all sore, I did a lot of exercise in the gym yesterday. Can you tell our neighbour next door to stop making so much noise in the morning? Hi, honey! I have to stay late at work. Can you do the shopping tonight? You have to make the decision by Friday next week. Oh no! I have only been away for two days and you’ve made a complete mess of our flat!

Remember the expression

Remember the expression

Remember the expression

Remember the expression

Homework Write six sentences about yourself using make and do collocations. I’m good at ______ I like ________ I’m not very good at _______ I really hate ____________ I always ___________ I never __________

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