MAKE AND DO

There is not a rule you can rely on to know when to use these verbs properly so, the advice is to learn the cases separately.
Here you have a list with the most common cases:

MAKE	DO
Progress A speech A mistake A law A journey, a trip, a tour, a voyage An impression An agreement An appointment Plans Love War A noise Friends An arrangement A fire A decision An excuse Money, a fortune An offer An effort A proposal An announcement A choice A contribution A phone call A suggestion A promise	Work  Homework Housework (an) exercise A task A course The shopping The cleaning The washing The ironing…  A job A favour Justice Good Evil Well Badly Damage Research Business Something Nothing One´s duty One´s hair One´s best Military service

"Go into the world and do well but more importantly, do good" Minor Myers


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