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Hey guys, you're listening to 
Actually English, the podcast 

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that takes real English from the
real world and breaks it down so

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it actually makes sense, Made 
for intermediate to advanced 

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speakers who want to learn 
everything that the textbooks 

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don't teach. 
I'm your host, Jenna. 

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Let's get started. 
Hello guys, welcome back to 

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another episode of Actually 
English. 

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Thank you so much for being 
here. 

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It really means everything to 
me, honestly, that you are here 

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listening to my podcast today. 
We are really going to put some 

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practice in knowing the 
difference between do and make. 

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In a lot of languages, or at 
least in some languages, do and 

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make are the same verb. 
There is only one word for do 

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and make, but in English they're
two separate verbs. 

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So we're going to look today at 
when you use do, when you use 

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make, and let's see, maybe there
will be be an exception or two. 

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By the end of the episode, you 
will have a rule, a story, lots 

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of examples, a summary, and a 
little challenge. 

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So here's the thing. 
Most textbooks will give you a 

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list. 
Make the bed, do the dishes, 

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make a decision, do your 
homework and you just memorize 

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the lists and hope for the best.
But that's not what we are doing

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today. 
Today I'm going to give you the 

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one idea that connects all of 
it. 

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Are you ready? 
Make is about creation or 

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production when something new 
comes into existence. 

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A meal, a decision, a mistake, a
plan. 

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You almost always use make. 
You are producing something, 

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building something, bringing 
something into the world that 

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was not here before. 
And do is about actions and 

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processes, things that you 
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There's no product at the end, 
you just did the thing. 

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OK, let me show you. 
Well, you listen. 

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You make dinner because at the 
end there is a meal. 

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Something exists that didn't 
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You do the dishes because at the
end the dishes are just cleaned.

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You performed this process. 
Nothing new was created. 

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Arguably, something was 
destroyed, which is the opposite

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of making you make a mistake, 
because the mistake now exists. 

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It's real. 
You created it. 

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You do your homework because you
worked through a process. 

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There's no new thing at the end,
just hopefully some new 

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knowledge. 
You make a suggestion because 

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the suggestion is now out there 
in the world. 

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You do research because research
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Can you feel the difference? 
Creation versus process, 

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Production versus action? 
Now, there are exceptions. 

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The more you listen and you 
practice English, the more it 

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will make sense, which is what 
we're going to do right now. 

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Listen and practice. 
First, we're going to make a 

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quick list of the most of the 
most common phrases that use 

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make. 
Make a decision, make a plan, 

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make a mistake, make an effort, 
make progress. 

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Make a phone call, make a 
suggestion, make money, make a 

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promise, make noise, make 
friends, make an excuse. 

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Do you guys see the pattern 
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They're all like producing 
something. 

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A decision exists now because 
you made the decision. 

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Progress exists now because you 
made progress. 

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A promise exists now. 
Money, hopefully now exists. 

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OK, now let me give you a list 
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Do the dishes, do your homework,
do the laundry, do research, do 

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business, do exercise, do your 
best, do a favor, do damage, do 

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well or do badly. 
These are all processes, 

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actions, things that you do, 
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Nothing is new. 
Nothing is produced at the end 

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except maybe some clean clothes.
And now this is where you're 

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going to hate me. 
This is a one of my favorite 

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examples because it's confusing.
Are you ready? 

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You make the bed, you do not do 
the bed. 

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You make the bed, but nothing is
being created. 

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I know, I know. 
This is one of those exceptions 

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that we talked about. 
OK, you can think of it if you 

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want. 
You can think of it like you are

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producing a very nice looking 
bed. 

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Like I said, this is one of the 
exceptions. 

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You just have to live with it. 
Now we're going to read a really

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short story and of course 
there's many Do's and many 

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makes. 
Just try to take note of what is

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used with make and what is used 
with DO. 

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Our character in the story is a 
man named Tom and well, Tom is 

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having a very, very productive 
Saturday. 

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Or, well, at least he thinks he 
is. 

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Tom wakes up and immediately 
makes a plan for the day. 

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He writes it all down. 
Gym, groceries, call his mom, 

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fix the shelf in the kitchen. 
Very ambitious, very organized. 

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First he does some exercise. 
Just 30 minutes, nothing crazy. 

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While he's working out, he makes
a mental note to buy more 

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protein. 
He has no idea what protein he 

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wants, but nonetheless the note 
is made. 

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He showers, goes to the kitchen 
and makes breakfast. 

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Eggs, toast, coffee. 
Beautiful. 

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He sits down, takes 1 sip of his
coffee, and immediately makes a 

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face. 
He grabbed salt instead of 

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sugar, easily the worst mistake 
he had made all week and it was 

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only 9:00 AM. 
He pours it out, makes a new 

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coffee, and sits down to do some
research on the shelf situation.

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Apparently fixing a shelf is 
more complicated than he 

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thought. 
He watches 4 YouTube videos. 

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He makes a note. 
He makes a list of everything he

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needs from the hardware store. 
At the hardware store, he runs 

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into his neighbor Patricia. 
Patricia is the kind of person 

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who makes conversation with 
everyone. 

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Tom likes Patricia, but he has a
lot to do today. 

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She makes a suggestion. 
Why don't you just hire someone?

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Tom laughs and makes an excuse 
about wanting to learn new 

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skills and escapes. 
He comes home, looks at the 

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shelf, and he does his best. 
The shelf falls off of the wall.

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20 minutes later, Tom sits on 
the floor, surrounded by screws 

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and broken plaster, and he makes
a decision. 

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He's going to call someone. 
He picks up his phone and makes 

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the call and makes a promise to 
himself. 

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Next time just listen to 
Patricia, OK? 

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You guys remember, make 
creation, production, making 

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something new, make a plan, make
a mistake, make a decision, do 

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actions, processes, carrying 
something out, doing exercise, 

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doing research everyday. 
I'm sure me and you, we do our 

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best. 
Hey, can you do me a favor? 

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Just remember the one exception 
that we learned today is make 

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the bed. 
We just have to accept it. 

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We make the bed, we don't do the
bed. 

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Here is our challenge for today.
I am going to say 10 sentences 

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and you say out loud if it is do
or make ready, here we go. 

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Every morning she the same 
mistake make every morning she 

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makes the same mistake #2 He his
homework at the last minute 

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every single time do he does his
homework at the last minute #3 

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Can you me a favor? 
Do can you do me a favor #4 She 

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a really good point in the 
meeting make. 

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She made a really good point in 
the meeting #5 I need to some 

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research before I decide. 
Do I need to do some research 

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before I decide? 
Six he always excuses make He 

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always makes excuses. 7 We 
business with three companies in

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Brazil. 
Do we do business with three 

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companies in Brazil #8 She a 
noise in the middle of the night

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and woke everyone up make she 
made a noise in the middle of 

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the night #9 I'm trying to my 
best here do I'm trying to do my

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best here. 
And the last 110 every morning 

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without fail, he the bed make. 
Every morning he makes the bed. 

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OK, How did you guys do? 
I honestly want to know. 

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Let me know in the comments how 
many you got right. 

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OK, We just did do versus make 
and now it's done. 

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Thank you guys so much for being
here with me. 

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It means so much to me. 
And I will say it again and 

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again, thank you so much. 
And as always, if you can share 

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this with one English learner, 
that would mean so much to me. 

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Thank you so much again, stay 
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talk to you in the next one.