MAKE OR DO?

The verbs MAKE and DO are often translated to FAZER. And that's why it may be difficult know when to use one or the other. Here we have some common collocations with each one of theses verbs.



MAKE

• faces
• believe
• war
• peace
• friends
• the bed
• progress
• fun of
• a fortune
• a request
• a donation
• a trip
• a plan
• a turn
• a mistake
• a living
• a payment
• a decision
• a choice
• a difference
• a promise
• a proposal
• a change
• a demonstration
• an arrangement
• an agreement
• an error
• an offer
• an attempt
• an effort

DO

• justice
• research
• shopping
• your best
• something / nothing
• business with
• a task
• a favor
• exercises
• homework
• the dishes

If you still don't know which one to use, you can look the word or the verb in a disctionary to check the best collocations. 

OXFORD DICTIONARY

DO: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/do

MAKE: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/make

MACMILLAN DICTIONARY

DO: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/do_1

MAKE: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/make_1

CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY

DO: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles-portugues/do_1

MAKE: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/make