Diferencias entre "do" vs "make", do mistake or make mistake?

Estas dos palabras pueden resultar desconcertantes, pero no podemos prescindir de ellas en nuestro discurso. En este artículo, como profesora de inglés, discutiremos la diferencia básica entre ellas y te daré 14 colocaciones en las que se utilizan "make" y "do".

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La diferencia básica entre "do" y "make" es que usamos "do" para actividades generales (trabajos, aficiones, etc.) y usamos "make" cuando hablamos de producir algo. En otras palabras, utilizamos "do" con cosas más abstractas y "make" cuando construimos o creamos algo. 

Comparación entre do y make

• Do work vs make a presentation
• Do exercise vs make some tea

Ambos verbos forman parte de distintas colocaciones. En estas colocaciones, no debes prestar atención a si algo es abstracto, una actividad general o un resultado. Lo mejor es recordarlas. Practica estas colocaciones en tu discurso, haz frases o historias con ellas. 

7 collocations with "do"

• Do business - My husband and I are doing a family business
• Do well - Sarah thinks she did pretty well in the exam
• Do a crossword - I prefer doing crosswords in my free time
• Do someone good - Eating vegetables will do you good 
• Do time (=to be imprisoned) - Josh committed a crime and now he's doing time
• Do harm - Mary spilled red wine on her shirt and when she was trying to wipe it she did more harm
• Do the washing up - In my family I am the only person who does the washing up after dinner

7 collocations with "make"

• Make money - People who work in insurance make a lot of money
• Make the bed - I always make the bed after getting up
• Make believe - When John was a child he always made believe that he was a young prince
• Make a mistake - I think I failed my exam because I made a lot of mistakes
• Make time - Keith hopes that during his vacation he will make tome for his hobbies
• Make up your mind! - Stop hesitating. Make up your mind already!
• Make an appointment - He made an appointment with his doctor this Friday