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I can use 'do', 'make' and 'take' correctly.
1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Imagine you were trying to sell the house in the photo. How would you describe it? Use the words below to help you.
Nouns cliff glass metal ocean rock view
Adjectives modern spacious spectacular unique
2 Work in pairs. Complete the dialogue in an estate agent's using the infinitive without to of these verbs: do, make, take.
Agent Good morning. What can I 1________ for you?
Woman Can I ask you about that amazing house that's built on a cliff?
Agent Yes, of course. You can 2________ a look at some more pictures on my computer. Look at the view from that sofa!
Woman I love it. Can I 3________ around? an appointment to look
Agent I'm afraid you can't 4________ that. The house doesn't exist yet! You need to choose a location first. But the house would only 5 ________ twelve weeks to build.
Woman I see. I need to find somewhere soon, so I'll have to 6________ up my mind quickly.
Agent Can I ask what you 7________ ?
Woman I'm a yoga teacher.
Agent Where do you teach?
Woman At the local sports centre. But if I moved to a bigger house, I'd want to 8________one room into a yoga studio.
Agent Well, this house would be a great place to 9________ yoga! Just 10________ your yoga mat outside onto the cliff. Imagine the sunrise over the waves, the solitude...
Woman I suppose you would be alone there... except for all the people who stop to 11________ of your house! photos
3 🎧2.10 Listen and check your answers. Do you think the woman is keen on buying the house? Why? / Why not?
LEARN THIS! do, make and take
The verbs do, make and take are very common in English. They each have a basic meaning:
• do = to perform an action or activity
• make = to create or cause something
• take = to move something from one place to another
However, the verbs have other meanings and are used in a large number of phrases. Check these in a dictionary.
4 Read the Learn this! box. Which examples of do, make and take in the dialogue in exercise 2 match the basic meanings in the Learn this! box?
5 DICTIONARY WORK Read a short extract from a dictionary entry for take. Answer the questions.
take /teik/ verb (pt took/tʊk; pp taken /ˈteɪ.kən/)
► PHOTOGRAPH to photograph sth: I took some nice photos of the wedding.
► MEASUREMENT to measure sth: The doctor took my temperature.
► EAT/DRINK to swallow sth: Take two tablets four times a day. Do you take sugar in tea?
1 What do 'pt' and 'pp' stand for?
2 How many different meanings are included?
3 Do the words printed in bold in the examples show a grammatical rule, a useful collocation, or a spelling rule?
6 USE OF ENGLISH Fill in the gap in each pair of sentences with the correct form of do, make and take. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the verbs.
1 a I____ French classes for a year, but I can't speak it well.
b l____ my Spanish exam last week and passed.
2 a Thanks for inviting me to your party, but I'm afraid I can't____ it.
b What's the time? I ____ it 7.30.
3 a The waves are____ a lot of damage to the cliffs.
b He was____ 150 km/h when the police stopped him.
4 a That noise has been going on all night. I can't____ it any more!
b I wish you would____ your schoolwork more seriously.
→ Vocabulary Builder Collocations: do or make: page 109
7 SPEAKING Tell your partner about a time when you
1 did your best.
2 took it easy.
3 didn't take something seriously.
