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Do or Make by Mind Map: Do or Make

1. The two words translated into Spanish mean doing, but in English they have differences and different expressions in their meaning.

2. Make

2.1. It refers to actions to manufacture or results of an action.

2.2. It is used when we talk about manufacturing, making or creating, or in activities in which something that can be felt is created.

2.2.1. Example

2.2.1.1. Make a dress Make furniture

2.3. It is also used to make decisions, to say that something produces sound.

2.3.1. Example

2.3.1.1. Don’t make plans for this weekend

2.4. In many expressions the "make" does not refer to manufacture or do.

2.4.1. Example

2.4.1.1. Make a plan Make money

2.5. His times are:

2.5.1. Present: Make / makes Gerundio: making Participle: made Past: made

3. Do

3.1. It refers to doing something or executing an action

3.2. It is used for actions, activities, and jobs, in the sense of performing, these activities do not produce a physical object.

3.2.1. Example

3.2.1.1. Do the dishes Do exercise

3.3. "Do" can also be used as an auxiliary verb in the present, to formulate questions

3.3.1. Example

3.3.1.1. Do you like my dress

3.4. It is also used when talking about things in general, when the action is not specified, in these cases it is used with undefined pronouns such as; something, nothing.

3.4.1. Example

3.4.1.1. Are you doing anything impotant right now?

3.5. His times are:

3.5.1. Present: Do / does Gerundio: doing Participle: done Past: did