Tham khảo tài liệu 'especial style 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 85 99-101 99 do -ing We often use do with -ing to talk about activities that take some time or that are repeated. There is usually a determiner see 96 before the ing form for example the my some much. I do my shopping at weekends. Have you done the washing up I did a lot of running when I was younger. I think I ll stay at home and do some reading tonight. For go -ing see 147. 100 do and make These words are very similar but there are some differences. 1 We use do when we do not say exactly what activity we are talking about for example with something nothing anything everything what. Do something I like doing nothing. What shall we do Then he did a very strange thing. 2 We use do when we talk about work and in the structure do -Ing see 99 . I m not going to do any work today. I m going to do some reading. I dislike doing housework. I hate doing the cooking and shopping. Would you like to do my job 3 We often use make to talk about constructing building creating etc. . I ve just made a cake. Let s make a plan. My father and I once made a boat. 4 Learn these expressions do good harm business one s best a favour make an offer arrangements a suggestion a decision an attempt an effort an excuse an exception a mistake a noise a journey a phone call money a profit love peace war a bed t For other expressions look in a dictionary to see if do or make is used. 101 during and for During says when something happens for says how long it lasts. Compare My father was In hospital during the summer. My father was in hospital for six weeks. N0T during six weeks. It rained during the night for two or three hours. I ll call in and see you for a few minutes during the afternoon. 102-103 86 102 during and in 1 We use both during and in to say that something happens inside a particular period of time. We ll be on holiday during in August. I woke up during in the night. 2 We prefer during when we stress that we are talking about the whole of the period. The shop s closed during the whole
