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Confusable Words

Word Power. Confusable Words. Content. This work focuses on the typical difference between confusable words: “Work” and “job ” “Do” and “make” There are also exercises available to help the learners to practise more. I’m a doctor. My job is to cure the patients.

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Confusable Words

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  1. Word Power Confusable Words

  2. Content This work focuses on the typical difference between confusable words: • “Work” and “job” • “Do”and“make” There are also exercises available to help the learners to practise more.

  3. I’m a doctor. My job is to cure the patients

  4. “It is not your job whether I want to buy it or not.”

  5. “ Job ” • A profession or occupation E.g.She has a job as a waitress A lots of people will lose their jobs if the company closes. • A task or a piece of work E.g.The garage has done a bad job on our car. I always have a lots of jobs to do in the house at weekend. • A duty or responsibility E.g.It is not his job to tell us what we can and can't do.

  6. The teacher asks the student to do the housework.

  7. “I’ve cleaned all the building. It is really a hard work. ”

  8. “Work” • The place where you do your job E.g. I’ll ask if I can leave work early tonight. • Sth that requires physical or mental effort that you do to achieve sth E.g. Her success is due to sheer hard work. • Something that you are working on or have produced. E.g. Is this all your own work? E.g. The teacher marks their work.

  9. A book, painting, piece of music E.g. An early work by Picasso The complete work of Shakespeare • (Works) The act of building or repairing sth E.g. The road works are causing long traffic jams. • (works) (in a compound noun) a factory E.g. The steelworks is/are closing down.

  10. In General • Job: • individual tasks • a profession or occupation • Wok: • a place of employment • a mass of general or non specific activities

  11. I’m a housewife. I do the house work.

  12. Never mind what will happen. Do your best.

  13. “Do” • To perform an action, activity or job. E.g. What is the government doing about pollution? • To make progress or develop, to improve sth. E.g. How’s your daughter doing at school? • To make or produce sth E.g. The photocopier does 60 copies a minute. • To be enough or suitable E.g. If I haven’t got a pen, a pencil will do.

  14. To provide a service E.g. Do you do eye tests here? • To study sth or find the answer to sth. E.g. I can’t do the answer 3. • To travel a certain distance or at a certain speed. E.g. I normally do about 5 miles when I go running • To have a particular effect. E.g. The storm did a lot of damage

  15. They want to make cakes for their children

  16. They’ve made an agreement.

  17. He always makes noise at night.

  18. “Make” • To produce or create sth E.g. This model is made of steel. • (used with nouns) to perform a certain action. E.g. to make a hole to make a movie to make progress • To cause a particular feeling. E.g. The film makes me cry.

  19. To force sb/sth to do sth E.g. You can not make her come with us if she does not want. • Used with money, number and time. E.g. to make a lot of money • To make sb/sth become sth; to have the right qualities to become sth. E.g. You can borrow some money this time, but do not make a habit of this. • To manage to reach a place or go somewhere. E.g. I can’t make the meeting next week.

  20. In General • Make create something new • Do perform with routines and duty

  21. Make Make an agreement with sb. Make an arrangement Make certain about sth Make a comment about sth Make an excuse Make a good impression Make friends with some one. Do Do your best Do business with some one Do your duty Do some one a favor Do harm to some one Do a good turn Do washing-up Do right or wrong Common expression with“Make and Do”

  22. Make a lot of money Make a mistake Male love Make a profit or a loss Make progress Make a reservation Make sure about sth • Do your own things • Do cooking/ironing/ cleaning. • Do wonders for…

  23. PracticeComplete the dialogue with job or work and appropriate form of do and make Start Click here to start

  24. Exercise

  25. The end

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