Assignment 1: My Fiestas Patrias

I spent the Fiestas Patrias with my family, with my whole maternal family. My uncles organized a barbecue in my grandmother's house. Always my father and uncles begin to make the barbecue, but my brother is the one who ends it.My uncles, after to lunch, they like to play a game card called “briscas”. They can stay hours playing the card game.While my father and uncles were playing, my aunts and my mom were talking and my grandma was washing the dishes.I have a two years old niece and she loves to dance our tipical national dance “cueca”. I don't like dance it so much, but she looks really cute dancing it.In the morning of 19th I went to “Las Rocas de Santo Domingo” to share with my uncle Juan and his family. He is the older brother of my dad. It was a sunny day, and one more time, we ate barbecue with salads and “empanadas”. After the lunch time I went with my cousin Juan Pablo and his girlfriend to beach, because He likes fishing. Like my mother's brothers he can stay hours fishing. He loves that activity.In my uncle´s house I spend a really nice time because there is really calm and relaxing.On sunday 23 I came back to Santiago to continued with my academic duties.
I think is very important enjoy the Fiestas Patrias with the family, is a especial time to meet with them. Also, is important to be careful, like slogan say: "If you want to drink alcohol, don't drive"Years earlier, I liked to go "Fondas" with my friends, but this year I wanted to enjoy this vacations in a different way, with my family. Besides, We never know when they will not be with us.


DO AND MAKE:
Both are verbs, but they are use to express different things:

Use 'do' to express daily activities or jobs. Notice that these are usually activities that produce no physical object. Also we can used it to name general things when we don´t know the name of.
ex: do homework
do the dishes
do a job
I´m not doing anything today

Use 'make' to express an activity that creates something that you can touch.
ex: make food
make a cup of tea/coffee
There are also standard collocations (verb + noun combinations) that are used in English.
ex: make plans
make an exception
make arrangements
make a telephone call
make a decision
make a mistake