Shadowing Practice: Make or Do? Learn English for FREE with Lucy! - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I've just made myself a cup of tea
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and I should do some housework soon
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but it got me thinking about two words that many students find very difficult to use.
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Today I want to talk to you about make and do.
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So why are these words so difficult to use the answer is
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that both words have very similar meanings
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and in many languages they use just one word like acid in Spanish
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so what is the main difference well with make you are creating something
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that didn't exist before whilst with do you're completing a task
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that already exists now please remember as with all English concepts there are always exceptions
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and I will talk about those after I've explained in most important parts
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so things that we can create from scratch a coffee
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or tea shall I make you one an offer I'd like
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to make you an offer can I make a suggestion all right
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but only if you make me a promise also I think I've made a mistake I'd like to make a complaint
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who's making
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that noise I've made a really important discovery most things to do with business go with make for example profit
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and loss last month I made a loss
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but this month I want to make a profit you can also make an investment into somebody else's business. If you're sure
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that your football team is going to win it could be
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an idea to make a bet on them to try
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and earn some extra cash and also if things go really well for you
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and you earn a lot of money you will have made a fortune.
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Now let's talk about do.
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I've already told you that do is when you complete a task that already exists for example
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every night I do my homework next week I have to
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do a test in science we did experiments I hope I
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don't have to do any interviews soon next summer I think
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I will do a language course housework chores the tasks
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and that's an important one to remember i hate doing the shopping i don't mind doing the dishes
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but i loathe and that means really hate doing the ironing you can also do well or badly in something
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i did badly in an exam last summer
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so now i have to do it again you can do bad
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or good doing good is doing something positive
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if you eat healthily you do yourself good you also do your best
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or do your worst if you run a race you should do your best to try
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and achieve the best possible time I've got my red pen out it's exception time
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and unfortunately there are many exceptions to do with do
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and make I told you that most things to do with money
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and business go with make however have you ever heard the
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phrase pleasure doing business with you business just the word goes
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with do we do business with someone I also said
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that housework chores go would do but
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when I get up in the morning I should make my bed I also said
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that make was to do with creation
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so we create art right wrong we do a drawing
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and finally girls hair and makeup I do my hair
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and I also do my makeup oh sorry just doing my lipstick um that's it for make
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or do I really hope you learned something
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and I would really appreciate it if you subscribe and also
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if you attempt the quiz
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that I'm showing next you can leave your answers in the comments and I will try and correct them all.
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Bye -bye!
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¿Para quién es este video?

Este contenido es ideal para estudiantes de inglés de nivel intermedio que buscan clarificar el uso de "make" y "do", dos verbos que suelen confundirse por su similitud. Si tu objetivo es mejorar la práctica de inglés hablado y evitar errores comunes en situaciones cotidianas, laborales o académicas, este video te brindará las herramientas necesarias. Además, es perfecto para quienes usan técnicas como el shadowspeak, ya que la conversación es clara y se enfoca en ejemplos prácticos.

Palabras y frases que debes aprender

El video incluye expresiones clave que valen la pena "robar" para tu vocabulario: loathe (odiar mucho), make a fortune (hacer una fortuna), do business (hacer negocios), do your best (hacer lo mejor que puedas) y make a complaint (hacer una queja). Estas frases son esenciales para comunicarte de forma natural y se adaptan a contextos variados, desde el hogar hasta el trabajo. Practica su pronunciación usando el shadow speak: repite en voz alta justo después de la hablante, imitando su tono y ritmo.

Cómo mejorar el acento con este video

Para perfeccionar tu pronunciación, enfócate en la entonación de la hablante, que es clara y pausada. Presta atención a la diferencia en el énfasis entre "make" (creación) y "do" (tarea). Por ejemplo, al decir "I make a tea" (creo un té) vs. "I do the dishes" (hago los platos), la fuerza en la palabra varía. Usa la técnica de shadow speech: reproduce pequeños fragmentos, detén el video y repítelos inmediatamente, intentando igualar su velocidad y claridad. También, presta atención a palabras como profit (prófit) y loss (pérdida), que tienen una pronunciación específica. Con práctica, notarás cómo tu fluidez mejora al imitar estos patrones.

Este video es una excelente herramienta para aprende inglés con videos, ya que combina teoría con ejemplos cotidianos. La clave está en la práctica constante: usa los ejemplos para hacer ejercicios de shadowing, repitiendo frases como "Pleasure doing business with you" o "I do my hair" hasta que suenen naturales. Así, no solo dominarás "make" y "do", sino que también mejorarás tu práctica de inglés hablado de forma efectiva.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've just made · I've explained · I've made
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould do · should make
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupoyour best · your worst · the best
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare creating · you're completing · is doing

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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