DO or MAKE?

Do you know the difference in using these verbs? Study a picture!

You do an exam. But there are no easy rules to follow. We always use do to describe indefinite activities, often with what,thing, anything, nothing, etc and generally speaking we also use do to talk about duties, jobs or (leisure) activities. Look at the following examples:

• 'What shall we do now?' 'You can do what you like. I'm going home!'
• 'He didn't do anything. He just sat there.'
• 'You expect me to do everything around the house. Well, I'm fed up!'
• 'I did all my homework last night so tonight I'm going to do the housework.'
• 'I did a lot of research and I think I did a good job on that essay. I did my best anyway.'
• 'I intend to do lots of walking on holiday this year, and perhaps some bird-watching too.

We tend to use make when we are talking about constructing, creating or performing something. Study the following examples:

• 'I made three suggestions and left it to him to make the final decision.'
• 'I've made all the arrangements for the trip and I've madea great effort to get it all right.'
• 'I'm afraid I'm going to have to make my excuses and leave.'
• 'I have to make three phone calls.'

What about your last English test? Did you do it well?

For more practice choose do or make for the phrases below:

... the cleaning and the cooking
... a lasting impression (on someone)
... the shopping and the washing-up
... some serious work
... a lot of damage (to something)
... an announcement
... an application (e.g. for a driving test)
... a sound or a noise
.... one's hair or one's teeth
... a lot of harm rather than good
... business (with somebody)
... (somebody) a favour
.... love, not war
... a mess, a profit or a fortune
... fun of someone or a fool of someone

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. I _____________ basketball with my friends last Sunday. ( play)
2. Tom __________home late yeaterday. ( come)
3. Nick _________a lot of ice cream when he was a little child.( eat)
4. Ann __________ a bike last year. ( ride)
5. My brother _________ French at school. (learn)
6. We ________________a lot last summer. (swim)
7. My friends __________a song at the concert . (sing)
8. They ___________ at the party yesterday. ( dance)
9. You ____________ me an hour ago.(phone)
10. My granny _________ in the country last summer. (stay)
11. We _____________ English at the lesson yesterday. (speak)
12. I ______________ a lot last year. ( travel)
13. My father ___________ in the armchair. (sit)
14. Ann___________ the best picture last month. (draw)
15. John ______________ to the swimming pool last year. (go)

Happy Halloween!

My family

Определите, является ли утверждение 

“The author’s siblings are all married ” 

верным (впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not stated’).

      

I have a large family. They are in Magelang. My family has ten people: my father, my mother, five sisters, two brothers, and me. My father has three brothers, and my mother has three sisters and one brother. All my uncles and aunts live in Jakarta, but my family lives in Magelang.

My father is 62 years old, and my mother is 54 years old. My father has a job at a post office. My mother doesn’t work now, but she was a teacher at a junior high school.

I have many cousins because my aunts and uncles are married. My sisters are married too, and they have many children. For example, my first sister is a doctor, and she has a child. My second sister is a dentist, and she has two children, one boy and one girl. My third sister is a teacher, and she has three children, two boys and one girl. My fourth and fifth sisters do not have any children because they have not got married.

A Joke

Study the picture and comment on the man's fault :)

My family

Определите, является ли утверждение 

“The Simpson is an ugly satire of the typical American family” верным 

(впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not in stated’).

The Simpsons, one of the longest running television shows in history, was created in 1987. It represents a satire of the typical American family that millions of people love to watch because they use humor to deal with their problems and face contemporary conflicts that people can actually relate to.

The Simpsons are a nuclear family; the father is the breadwinner and there is a caring mother that stays home and cooks and cleans. Homer, the father, works at a nuclear power plant in Springfield. They have three children Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, and they also have a dog. The creators of the Simpsons want to reflect the belief of what a modern American family is.

Every episode starts with Bart, the son, who writes on the chalkboard because he always does something wrong...Lisa, the daughter, usually plays a solo on the saxophone...Marge, the mom, does grocery shopping and leaves her baby at the checkout counter and Homer, the father, as a rule sleeps on the job. At the end of the day all the members of the family come home at the same time. They all race for the couch to watch their TV shows. Sounds familiar? I think we all can relate in some way with the Simpson family.

Common mistakes in English

Do you know the difference between FUN and FUNNY?
Study the picture!

What is the last time you looked funny?