TO MAKE or TO DO

Formes

Infinitif	Prétérit	Participe passé
To make	made	made
To do	did	done

Ces mots ou phrases s'utilisent avec make ou do.

	make	do
a mistake	X
a profit	X
business		X
nothing		X
an investment	X
your best		X
a loss	X
an impression		X
the accounts		X
a suggestion	X
work		X
a translation		X

Quelques exemples

What do you DO for a living? I'm a Personal Assistant.

She MADE a big mistake when she changed her job.

Why does it take us so long to MAKE decisions?

Could you DO me a favor and mail these letters for me?

It's very important to MAKE a good impression at a job interview.

Please MAKE sure you've filed all the documents properly.

The new manager MADE lots of changes as soon as she arrived.

She wants MAKE a phone call.

Don't have anything to DO with them. They can't be trusted.

What time do you MAKE it? Almost half past five.

Emplois

Il n'y a pas de règles fixes régissant les emplois de to make et de to do. De façon générale, on utilise to make pour signifier que quelque chose est produit, et to do pour indiquer que l'action est une fin en soi. Les listes ci-après donnent une idée quant à certains de leurs emplois :

to do

the accounts, the budget, the forecast, repairs, business, an exercise, a favor, good, a service, work, damage, a job, wrong.

to make

an apology, an appointment, arrangements, abudget/forecast, certain, a choice, a complaint, a decision, an effort, an enquiry, an excuse, friends (with), a loss, a mistake, money, an offer, a profit, progres, a report, sure, a trip, work (for others),(someone) welcome.

Comparez

We DO all the forecasts in November. (= We do the forecasting activity.)

I am going TO MAKE a forecast at the next meeting. (= I will present the end-product, ie, the finished forecast.)