Collocations with Do! Are you looking for most commonly used collocations with DO? The following lesson provides a useful list of collocations with the verb DO with ESL image.
Collocations with DO
List of Collocations with Do
Here is the list of common collocations with the verb Do:
- Do A course
- Do A deal
- Do A favour
- Do A good/great/terrible job
- Do A report
- Do Anything/something/everything
- Do Badly
- Do Better
- Do Business
- Do Crosswords
- Do Damage
- Do Exercise
- Do Experiments
- Do Good
- Do Gymnastics
- Do Harm
- Do Homework
- Do Laundry
- Do Nothing
- Do Research
- Do Someone a favour
- Do Something right
- Do Something wrong
- Do Sums
- Do The cleaning
- Do The cooking
- Do The dishes
- Do The housework
- Do The ironing
- Do The math
- Do The maximum
- Do The minimum
- Do The paperwork
- Do The right thing
- Do The shopping
- Do The washing up
- Do Well
- Do Work
- Do Your best
- Do Your duty
- Do Your hair
- Do Your makeup
- Do Your nails
Collocations with Do with Examples
- A course
E.g. We’re doing a course at the local university.
- A deal
E.g. Have you done any deals with distributors in Asia yet?
- A favour
E.g. Can you do me a favour?
- A good/great/terrible job
E.g. You’ve done a good job cleaning the house!
- A report
E.g. I’m doing a report on the history of American foreign policy.
- Anything/something/everything
E.g. “Are you doing anything special for your birthday?
E.g. You can’t do everything by yourself – let me help you.”
- Badly
E.g. Everyone did badly on the test – the highest grade was 68
- Better
E.g. We didn’t play well today, but I’m sure we’ll do better next time.
- Business
E.g. We want to do business with you.
- Crosswords
E.g. Do you like to do crossword puzzles?
- Damage
E.g. Did the storm do much damage?
- Exercise
E.g. I do at least half an hour of exercise every day.
- Experiments
E.g. We did several experiments in science class today.
- Good
E.g. Why don’t you go for a walk in the park? It’ll do you good.
- Gymnastics
E.g. Do you know how to do gymnastics.
- Harm
E.g. The floods didn’t do any serious harm to our crops.
- Homework
E.g. I like to do homework.
- Laundry
E.g. She does laundry every Saturday.
- Nothing
E.g. Multi-vitamins do nothing to protect us from illness, experts warn.
- Research
E.g. Jack is doing research on the market in Central Europe.
- Someone a favour
E.g. He did us a big favour by postponing his departure for a couple of weeks.
- Something right
E.g. I did something right at work.
- Something wrong
E.g. He did something wrong and felt bad.
- Sums
E.g. Calculators were forbidden until students could do sums in their heads.
- The cleaning
E.g. I would do the cleaning up myself,” he said.
- The cooking
E.g. You can do a lot of cooking with frozen meats and veggies and a few pantry staples.
- The dishes
E.g. Whose turn is it to do the dishes tonight?
- The housework
E.g. My mom does the housework everyday.
- The ironing
E.g. I like listening to the radio while I’m doing the ironing.
- The math
E.g. Why do you have no savings? You do the math.
- The maximum
E.g. I try to do the maximum, 100 per cent, every game, every training session.
- The minimum
E.g. He thought he was smart to save everything and do the minimum.
- The paperwork
E.g. It took a few days for the mother to do the paperwork.
- The right thing
E.g. When I found someone’s wallet on the sidewalk, I turned it in to the police because I wanted to do the right thing.
- The shopping
E.g. We usually do the shopping at our local supermarket.
- The washing up
E.g. I usually to the washing, but sometimes my husband does it.
- Well
E.g. I think I did pretty well in the interview.
- Work
E.g. I’ve done enough work for one day. I’m going home.
- Your best
E.g. We did our best to win, but the other team played really well.
- Your duty
E.g. The police were just doing their duty when they arrested him.
- Your hair
E.g. I need the hair dresser to do my hair. Every morning I do my hair so it looks presentable.
- Your makeup
E.g. How long does it take you to do your makeup?
- Your nails
E.g. Can you open this envelope for me? I just did my nails and they’re still wet.
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