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Last year we did a project vs Last year we made a project

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. 'Last year we did a project' implies that the project was completed or worked on, while 'Last year we made a project' suggests that the project was created or produced. The choice between 'did' and 'made' depends on the specific context and the intended meaning.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 743 views

Last year we did a project

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a project was completed or worked on in the past year.

Examples:

  • Last year we did a project on renewable energy sources.
  • I remember last year we did a project on climate change.
  • Last year we killed a project in automated vertical farming.
  • In Romania last year, a project was launched with European Union funding, which involved 20 faculties receiving new curricula adapted to the labour market's current requirements.
  • In the last year the projects were successful and proved extremely useful.
  • In short, the results relating to last year's projects are not yet available.
  • We committed more than EUR 20 million for such projects last year.
  • Last year a Hungarian youth project "Students without Boundaries" was awarded the first Charlemagne Youth Prize.
  • Last year a Hungarian project, "Students without Borders", was awarded the first prize.
  • Last year, 30 projects were selected - including the Marco Polo and Galileo programmes - that are to be given high priority and corresponding financial support by the Community.
  • In three dimensions, we did a project last year at TEDGlobal with Autodesk and Arthur Olson where we looked at autonomous parts - so individual parts not pre-connected that can come together on their own.
  • We lost a huge project last year because of the red-headed woodpecker.
  • Following a request from the Council, the Commission compiled in January last year a list of projects funded by the European Union and Member States which had either been destroyed or damaged by Israeli military forces.
  • During project execution, a clear plan for the dissemination and for future activities should be prepared in the last year of the project.
  • Last year an employment project began in Tampere one element in which was an agreement of intent to preserve employment.
  • In other words over the last three years projects and programmes have been implemented to a total value of 857 million ECU, a third of which approximately was made up of loans.
  • Over the last three years several projects have tackled discrimination based on ethnic origin and religion or belief.
  • While it is true that last year saw no new projects or programmes in the health sector, the public health sector support programme 2000, which was agreed in 1999, became operational during the course of the last year.
  • Unfortunately, the Roy Harper we have known for the last three years is another Project Cadmus clone.
  • Ukraine financed its first projects last year for eliminating 1000 tonnes and plans to call for new tenders to eliminate 2000 tonnes. (c)
  • Will the Commission estimate for last year, and project for this year, the size of the world current account discrepancy both in euros and as a proportion of GDP?
  • In the last three years, 12 projects have been funded and the first trials are being initiated.

Alternatives:

  • Last year we completed a project
  • Last year we worked on a project
  • Last year we undertook a project
  • Last year we carried out a project

Last year we made a project

This phrase is correct and can be used in specific contexts.

This phrase is used to indicate that a project was created or produced in the past year.

Examples:

  • Last year we made a project for the science fair.
  • I can't believe how well last year we made a project together.
  • Last year we killed a project in automated vertical farming.
  • A serious point if I may, last year we showed you a tribute to Ayrton Senna on Top Gear, a little film we made.
  • Last year we made six fact-finding visits to Germany, Spain, Ireland, Poland, France and Cyprus, each of which resulted in a report.
  • This year we made a very important contribution to meeting that challenge.
  • In my opinion, it is very worrying that at Lisbon last year we made some ambitious plans, which now seem to have turned out to be mere empty words.
  • I can tell you that, last year, we made a series of negative decisions on state aid, as many as 31, compared with only 9 in 1997.
  • Last year we made our 1998 discharge conditional upon the orientation of Community spending towards reducing poverty and we improved the structure of the budget in this respect, in order to reduce the risks of dispersal of aid funds.
  • Finally, two years ago we made a start and I congratulate my colleague Mr Tillich who last year succeeded in gaining a firm commitment both from the Commission and the Council to accept the principle of the reserve.
  • We were just watching this movie that we made last year.
  • We made it to Nationals last year.
  • Last year we received 958 petitions of which 492 were considered admissible.
  • Last year we had a 93 percent acceptance rate to our Skit Night invitations.
  • Indeed, last year we worked very closely with the Commission to produce a template: the Senegal agreement.
  • In May last year we had a first name and shame exercise, as we call it, on bathing water quality.
  • Last year we were in Tampa.
  • Although last year we watched Over the Top.
  • Last year we shot it that way.
  • Last year we had MSAs in the 22 percentile.
  • I think this last year we just stayed together because of Olly.
  • Last year we had a major success with the Europol Convention.

Alternatives:

  • Last year we created a project
  • Last year we produced a project
  • Last year we developed a project
  • Last year we crafted a project

Related Comparisons

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