Make and Do Collocation
Make and do are very frequently used in daily English. Make and do are not used alone they are always used with another noun and they have different meaning depending on the noun they go with. When make and do used with a noun it is called "Make and do collocation". Now, let's explore a list of words that go with make and do with easy meanings, Khmer translation, examples and exercises.
Make + Food Collocations
- Make breakfast : ធ្វើអាហារពេលព្រឹក
- Make lunch : ធ្វើអាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់
- Make dinner : ធ្វើអាហារពេលល្ងាច
- Make a snack : ធ្វើអាហារសម្រន់
- Make coffee : ឆុងកាហ្វេ
- Make tea : ឆុងតែ
Example
- My mom makes breakfast for my family every day.
- Sometimes, I make my own lunch.
- My sister sometimes makes dinner for my family.
- Roza makes a snack for her little brother.
- I make a cup of coffee for myself every morning.
- I make a cup of tea for my grandpa every morning.
Make + Thinking Collocations
- Make a decision : ធ្វើការសម្រេចចិត្ត
- Make a choice : បង្កើតជម្រើស១
- Make a plan : បង្កើតគម្រោង១
- Make an effort : បង្កើតកិច្ចប្រឹងប្រែង១
- Make a mistake : បង្កើតកំហុស១
- Make an appointment : ធ្វើការណាត់ជួបមួយ
Example
- He has to make a lot of decisions in his job.
- We have to make a lot of choices for our life.
- I make a plan to buy a new house next year.
- They have made an effort to win the next match.
- Students make a lot of mistakes in grammar but that is normal.
- I made an appointment with a doctor.
Make - Other Collocations
- Make money : រកប្រាក ឬបង្កើតប្រាក់
- Make a profit : បង្កើតប្រាក់ចំណេញ
- Make a change : បង្កើតការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ
- Make a list : ធ្វើបញ្ជី
- Make a promise : ធ្វើការសន្យា
- Make a suggestion : ធ្វើការអោយយោបល់
- Make an arrangement : ធ្វើការណាត់
- Make an offer : ធ្វើការផ្តល់ជូន
- Make a joke : កំប្លែង
- Make friends : រាប់អានមិត្តភក្តិ
- Make sure : ធ្វើអោយប្រាកដ
- Make bed : រៀបចំគ្រែ
- Make noise : ឡូឡា
- Make an excuse : ធ្វើការដោះសារ
- Make a prediction : ធ្វើការទស្សទាយ
- Make an observation : ធ្វើការសង្កេត
- Make a confession : ធ្វើការសារភាព
Example
- I want to make a lot of money every month.
- Normally, a business doesn't make profit in the first three month.
- We have to make a change in what we do if we want a different result.
- My mom always makes a list of what she will buy before going shopping.
- When we make a promise, we have to keep it.
- She made a suggestion on our service.
- Sometimes, shops makes special offers for their customers.
- My friend likes to make a joke.
- I make friends wherever I go.
- I have check everything carefully because I want to make sure that it goes smoothly.
- We usually make bed after we get up.
- Some student like to make noise during the lesson.
- Students always make an excuse when they forget to do homework.
- We like to make a prediction about the weather.
- Teacher tells student to make an observation on how a plant grows.
- If you love her, please make a confession.
Do + Classroom Collocations
- Do homework ធ្វើកិច្ចការផ្ទះ (គ្រូដាក់អោយ)
- Do classwork ធ្វើកិច្ចការសាលា (ក្នុងថ្នាក់)
- Do assignment ធ្វើកិច្ចការស្រាវជ្រាវ
- Do presentation ធ្វើបទបង្ហាញ
- Do research ស្រាវជ្រាវ
- Do a project ធ្វើគម្រោង
- Do experiment ធ្វើពិសោធន៍
- Do exercise ហាត់ប្រាណ
- Do an exercise ធ្វើលំហាត់
Example
- Students have to do homework regularly.
- Students have classwork to do every day.
- Students have to do the assignment two or three times per month.
- I have to do my presentation tomorrow.
- We are doing the reach for our topic.
- Sometimes, students do a project in place of monthly test.
- Students are doing experiment on a frog.
- To stay healthy, we have to do exercise every day.
- I hate doing math exercises.
Other Collocations with Do
- Do me a favor ជួយខ្ញុំ
- Do a test / exam ប្រឡង
- Do a report ធ្វើរបាយការណ៍
- Do a calculation គណនា
- Do a business ធ្វើជំនួញ
- Do laundry បោកគក់
- Do the dishes លៀងចាន
- Do the shopping ដើរផ្សារ
- Do housework ធ្វើការងារផ្ទះ
- Do the ironing អ៊ុតខោអាវ
Example
- Can you do me a favor, please?
- Students do an exam every month.
- After afield trip, students have to do a report.
- I have to do a calculation on my daily expense.
- If you want to make a lot of money, you should do a business.
- I do the laundry every weekend.
- My wife does the dishes after each meal.
- My mom does the shopping every weekend.
- I always help my family do the housework.
- I am not good at doing the ironing.
