Difference between Make and Do – English Grammar

a Dalek hands up the votes make and do
these cause a lot of confusion with
students because I think in the Latin
languages they use them as the same word
I might be wrong I don’t know but in
English the easy way to remember is this
the verb make implies you build or
create something for example make a cake
make a coffee
make a plan make a table make a monkey
cage whereas do just implies an action
for example do a test I did well on my
test I’m not doing anything he does
everything for me some actions collocate
with make just because they just do
there’s no logical reason for it for
example make a mistake make an excuse
make money make a decision I make myself
look pretty you make me feel happy and
do collocates with work tasks for
example do the housework do the homework
do the laundry do some work and finally
you can use both for the same sentence
but the meaning will be different look
at this example this shows the
difference you can say I made something
for your birthday which would mean you
created or you built something for them
to say I did something for your birthday
would imply an action for example I
bought you a car thanks for watching and
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