Exercises. Complete the sentences, using make/making/made or do/doing/did.
Example:
What did you _______ on your vacation? ==> What did you do on your vacation?
1. The boys made a lot of trouble for the substitute teacher.
2. The dessert tasted fabulous! Did you make it yourself?
3. The children are being pretty quiet – go and check what they are doing.
4. Peter did well on his biology test.
5. What did I do to deserve his rude treatment?
6. On Mother’s Day, Father did the dishes for Mother.
7. Grandmother made Aunt Polly’s wedding dress.
8. When you cleaned the living room, I hope you remembered to do the windows.
9. You’d better behave – I don’t want you making trouble for the babysitter.
10. Aunt Sally really made a fuss over Jimmy when he got sick with the measles.
Exercises. Look at the following pictures and describe what the people are doing, using either doing or making.
Example:
He is making a list.
1. They are doing laundry.
2. He is taking a picture.
3. She is making bread.
4. He is making a phone call.
5. She is doing the dishes.
6. He is making a picture.
7. She is making a face.
8. She is making a sock.
9. They are making a movie.
10. She is doing homework.
11. She is making the bed.
Exercises. Write make or do in the correct form.
Example:
He _______ his bed, now he must lie in it. ==> He made his bed, now he must lie in it. (an English idiom, meaning that a person must accept the consequences of his actions, rather than complain about them)
1. Grandmother found doing the dishes to be relaxing.
2. Mother does the gardening in the early morning, before it gets too hot.
3. Every Thanksgiving, Mother and her sisters would get together and make a huge turkey dinner.
4. You’d better clean up the mess that the puppies made in the living room.
5. I don’t think I can make change for a five-dollar bill.
6. Karen always makes her bed before she eats breakfast.
7. To get ready for the test, Jack did all the review exercises for Chapter 6.
8. Edward makes beautiful music whenever he plays his violin.
9. Sally hates doing the laundry. It’s so boring.
10. I’m not doing you any favors if I do all your homework for you!
11. Jack made a face when the dentist told him he shouldn’t eat so much candy.
12. It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose the tennis match, as long as you do your best.