do a report vs make a report

Both 'do a report' and 'make a report' are commonly used phrases in English. They are interchangeable and can be used depending on personal preference or regional variations. Both convey the same meaning of creating or completing a report.

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do a report

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is tasked with completing a report or carrying out the necessary actions to produce a report.

Examples:

I need to do a report on the market trends.
Can you do a report on the project progress?
She has to do a report on the company's financial status.

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I have to do a report for school where I interview my family.
I'm supposed to do a report on you voting, remember?
Get them to do a report.
They were on a mission authorized by the Syrian government to do a report for the magazine of France 2 "Special Envoy".
It says that you can do a report on anything from the suggested reading list, which includes
For the amateur, do a report for business free from a friend or a relative's wedding can be a fun experience, a challenge to overcome, or a way of doing a favor for others.
Imagine if you were a news reporter and your boss told you to do a report about an event that you knew nothing about, and he told you to interview an "expert" so that the television audience could listen to an intelligent analysis of the event.
You just had to do a report.
You shall have to do a report to answer that question, Mr Goebbels.
She told us she needed to do a report but went out with her friends instead.
You do a report in school or something?
He wants you to do a report at 1:00.
Since we both hate these mistresses - do a report on Ye and the others.
Phil Connors, an arrogant TV weatherman, is dreading his trip to Punxsutawney, PA to do a report on the annual Groundhog Day Ceremony, believing it is beneath him.
If I got to do a report or something, I don't like none of the topics, so I just pick something that's simple.
I would further like to thank Commissioner Fischler for his backing and I would also welcome the draft opinion on the report produced by the Committee of the Regions because it is going to do a report on young farmers.
Technically it covers the period up to 30 June 2002, but since Parliament is not going to do a report on the final situation as at 31 December, I will make some comments on the situation up to that date.
We've got to do a report.
Now I have to do a report.
You do a report in school or something?

Alternatives:

prepare a report
write a report
compile a report
create a report
generate a report

make a report

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is assigned the task of creating a report or putting together the necessary information for a report.

Examples:

Please make a report on the sales figures for the quarter.
I have to make a report on the environmental impact of the project.
They are making a report on customer satisfaction.

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I will have to make a report to General Arnold.
But he's going to make a report to Besançon.
The committee members want to make a report.
They want me to stay at the hotel to make a report on the conference.
You have to make a report on your own, sweetheart.
Where there is a question about this information, the student might be required to do homework that evening to confirm its truthfulness and make a report on the following day before the points are recorded.
No, I'll make a report to Rome concernig... your thriving activity.
Lieutenant Steiger won't make a report.
Could you make a report for the chief inspector?
No, I'll make a report to Rome concernig your thriving activity.
I'll have to make a report, then the company will decide.
OwneræŠ- background? This does not mean you have to investigate thoroughly the owner by hiring an investigator and make a report for you.
The Office will make a report at the end of a year.
In order for our insurance company to pay for the repairs, I had to call the police, make a report.
Cardinals shall apply themselves to obtain information on these and similar matters and make a report to us or the current Roman pontiff so that, by earnest effort, opportune and saving remedies for such evils and afflictions can be thought out.
57:8.7 (661.1) 900,000,000 years ago witnessed the arrival on Urantia of the first Satania scouting party sent out from Jerusem to examine the planet and make a report on its adaptation for a life-experiment station.
Surely something happened or why should they leave their post to make a report?
Also, we had to make a report on our extended "visited" members, that is, extended members of the family, sick and elderly, shut in.
I'll make a report, someone might end up in Corleone!
Take photos and make a report.

Alternatives:

do a report
prepare a report
write a report
compile a report
create a report

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