| 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 24 | |
| cases | -O | O | 2O | OI | NC | ADVC | OAC | ONC |
| TO DO | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
| TO MAKE | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
O = followed by an object;
2O = followed by two objects;
OI = object is an infinitive;
NC = followed by a noun complement;
ADVC = followed by an adverbial complement;
OAC = followed by an adjective working as a complement;
ONC = followed by an noun working as a complement
1 That won't do. It's not big enough.
2 I want you to do these exercises for homework.
4 That won't do you any harm.
17 I thought he did well in the race.2 Look! I've made a cake.
4 I'd like to make you an offer.
7a He made us write it out a hundred times.
7b They were made to write it out a hundred times.
16 Two and two make four.
23 You'll make her angry.
24 He'll make her a good husband.🌱 Noun: make, object, especially for cars which are made by a certain company:
– What make is your car?
– It’s a Ford.
☣️ Remember:
I took some photographs. (NOT made)
I packed my cases before going on holiday. (NOT made)
This factory makes furniture. (NOT ‘fabricates’ – fabricate means ‘make something artificial or false’)
It is six years since I saw him. (NOT It makes six years… )
As a general rule, do tends to relate to actions (homework, housework, exercise) that don’t produce a tangible result, though in the examples given do may mean ‘be enough, be suitable’ (see 1),
make may mean ‘build’, ‘create’ something you can touch by putting some parts together and also to ‘be equal to .. .’ (see 16) or ‘prove … to her’ (see 24).
In practice, it is necessary to learn the list of common expressions that follows, because the correct verb must usually be remembered from the context rather than from a definition.
Note the change in the form of the infinitive after make in active and passive (see 7); in the passive it takes ‘to’.
| DO | ||
| better one’s best business damage one’s duty evil an exercise a favour | good harm homework, housework an injury a job justice (to) a kindness an operation | repairs right a service wonders work worse one’s worst wrong |
| MAKE | ||
| an appointment arrangements attacks (on) the best (of) certain (of, about) a change a choice a complaint a confession a decision a demand a difference (to) a discovery an effort enquiries an escape a profit an excuse (for) | faces (at someone) a fool (of someone) friends (with someone) fun (of) a fuss (about) a guess haste a journey love (to someone) a mistake money the most (of) a movement a noise an offer peace (with) preparations | progress a report (on something) / (to so.) a request room (for) a search (for) a speech a success (of) sure (of) / (that) a trip trouble (for) use (of something / someone) a voyage war (on someone) way (for someone / something) (someone) welcome work (for others) |