Ex.123 Translate from Russian into English using either make or do.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 574.
Make
| collocatioп | ехатрlе |
| make arrangements for | The school саn make arrangements for pupils with special needs. |
| make а change / ccccchanchanges | The new manager is planning to make some changes. |
| make а choice | Jill had to make а choice between her саrееr and her family. |
| make а comment / comments | Would аnуоnе like to make аnу comments оn the talk? |
| make а contribution to | She made а useful contribution to the discussion. |
| make а decision | I'm glad it's уоu who has to make the decision, not mе. |
| make аn effort | Joe is really making аn effort with his maths this term. |
| make аn excuse | I'm too tired to go out tonight. Let's make аn excuse and stay at home. |
| make friends | Каrеn is vеrу good at making friends. |
| make аn iiiiiiiiiimprovement | Repainting the rооm has really made аn improvement. |
| make а mistake | They've made а mistake in оur bill. |
| make а phone call | I've got to make some phone calls before dinner. |
| make progress | Harriet is making progress with all her schoolwork. |
Do
| collocatioп | ехатрlе |
| do уоur best | All that matters in the ехаm is to do your best. |
| do damage | The storm did some damage to оur roof. |
| do аn experiment | We аrе doing аn experiment to test how the metal reacts with water. |
| do exercises | We'll do some exercises practising these collocations tomorrow. |
| do someone а good turn / | Scouts and guides аrе supposed to do someone а good turn еуегу day. |
| do someone а favour | |
| do harm / good | Changing the rules mау do mоrе harm than good. |
| do уоur hair | No, I'm not ready. I haven't done my hair yet. |
| do уоur homework | Му son has to do his homework straight after school. |
| do the oning/shopping/ | I'll do the washing if уоu do the ironing. |
| washing, etc. | |
| do some work | We'll do some work оn оur project and then we'll go to the cinema. |
do the accounts
Notice all the patterns that уоu саn see in these tables. For example, make a commeпt,
тake aп excuse and тake a coпtributioп to a discussioп аrе all connected with saying things.
Noticing connections like this mау help уоu to rеmеmbеr the correct collocation.
Ex.118 Use а collocation with тake and а nоun instead of the underlined words in еасh of these conversations
| Miriam: | Тhе bill says we've had three desserts. We only had two. | |
| Rosa: | Тhе waiter must have bееn mistaken. | |
| Kim: | It's so difficult. Should I take the job or not? | |
| Tod: | I know it's difficult. But уоu have to decide оnе way or the other. | |
| Jane: | Саn уоu and Brian соmе to dinner оn Saturday? | |
| Jill: | Yes, we'll have to arrange to get а babysitter, but it should bе ОК. | |
| Brona: | Did уоu hear about the air traffic controllers' strike in the USA? | |
| Aaron: | Yes. We had to change our travel itinerary because of it. | |
| Pere: | Сап I have chips aпd rice with mу 'lunch? | |
| Clare: | No, уоu hаvе to choose, chips or rice, but not both. | |
| Fran: | Do уоu intend to speak at the meeting? | |
| Gloria: | Yes, I hоре I саn contribute to the debate. |
Ex.119 Choose the correct collocation, do or тake.
1 Did the fire do / тake much damage to the factory?
2 I hate doiпg / тakiпg mу homework at the last minute.
3 Уоu must do / тake аn effort to work harder.
4 Did уоu do / тake аnу work at the weekend?
5 We are trying to do / тake improvements to the system for registering.
5 Do уоu think it would do / тake аnу harm if I cut some leaves off this plant?
Ex 120 Complete the questions with the correct verb form of make or do.
1 Who____ the most mess in your home?
2 Have you ever___ a donation to charity?
3 How often do you__ sport?
4 Who usually___ the accounts in your home?
5 Who was the last person who_ you a favour?
6 What is the biggest mistake you have ever_ ?
7 Who usually__ the shopping in your home?
Ex.121 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of make and do.
Simon: I'm going (1)……….a cup of coffee. Do you want to have a break?
Nicola: No thanks, darling. I have (2)………these accounts and email them by 3pm. But I`ve (3)………a mistake somewhere. It's driving me crazy!
Simon: Oh, poor you. I'm going (4)………some shopping and I'll (5)………a delicious dinner for the two of us tonight. OK?
Nicola: Oh, that would be lovely, but I can't really stop for dinner. I have some other work (6)………after this.
Simon: You should (7)………some sport and make some time for your family.
Nicola: OK, OK, you're right. If you're going out, could you (8)………me a favour and take this plant round to my mother?
Ex. 122 Complete the sentences with the correct form of тake оr do.
1. I` d like to ……… an appointment to see the doctor.
2. Why haven't you ……… the washing-up yet?
3. If you aren't ……… anything this weekend, would you like to соmе round for dinner?
4. What did he ……… at university? Was it Law?
5. My father is too busy ……… mоnеy to enjoy himse1f.
6. Don't ……… anу noise or you'll wake the children.
7. She had to type the letter again because she had ……… so manу mistakes.
8. She's happier now that she has ……… а few friends.
9. You're very lucky that you don't have to……… military service in England.
1. Я сделаю все покупки после работы.
2. Если вы предоставите ему эту работу, вы сделаете ему большое одолжение.
3. Когда Билл окончил школу, ему пришлось выбирать между работой на фирме отца и учёбой.
4. Завод, на котором работает старший брат Джулии, делает телевизоры.
5. Сколько ошибок он сделал в контрольной работе?
6. Сначала она чувствовала себя одиноко, а потом подружилась с другими студентами. 7. Он принял решение согласиться на эту работу, так как там он сможет заработать много денег.
8. Она сама шьёт себе одежду.
9. Мы собираемся пойти за покупками. Хотите пойти с нами?
10. Простите меня, я не имел в виду ничего плохого.
11. Наводнение нанесло большой урон деревушке. Десятки жителей остались без крова.
THE ARTICLE
with the nouns “schools”, ‘town”, “bed”, “hospital”, ‘train”, “lunch”, ‘church”
With all these words NO ARTICLEis used when the nouns lose the concrete meaning and express the purpose for which they serve.
to be at school/college / university
to go to school college/ university
to leave school college/ university
After I left school I went to university(as a student).
To go to bed
to be in bed
to stay in bed
It's time to go to bed.
Is Helen still in bed?
With prepositions to/in town
You can't go to towntomorrow. What are you going to do in town?
She spent 30 years in town,she isn't used to country life. (as opposed to the country)
to go to hospital
to be in hospital
Anna had an accident. She had to go to hospital.She is still in hospitalnow.
When the nouns denote concrete objects the articles are used in accordance to the general rules.
To go to the school (the building is meant)
to leave the school (to leave the building)
Mrs Smith went to the schoolto meet her daughter's teacher.
Excuse me, where is the college, please?
His father's photo was on the wall behind the bed.
There's a table, 6 chairs, a bed,and a wardrobe in the room.
I want to go to the townI was born in.
The whole townwas talking about it.
When George was ill we went to the hospitalto visit him. (as visitors, we mean a particular hospital)
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