Difference between WE DID IT and WE MADE IT

[Niveens]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #90 "Using Make and Do (1)", question 4

We had so much fun in Chicago — we ......... it in three days.

(a) make
(b) do
(c) made
(d) did

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #90 "Using Make and Do (1)", answer 4

We had so much fun in Chicago — we did it in three days.

Correct answer: (d) did

Your answer was: incorrect
We had so much fun in Chicago — we made it in three days.
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Hello,
I would like to know the difference between:
"we did it", and "we made it", coz both seems reasonable to be used, as both have the meaning:
"we accomplished something at the end"!
Thanx

Niveen A. Nijmeh

[Yankee]

Hi Niveen

There is an informal expression in English: "do a (city/country/etc.)".

The word "do" in this context is similar to "to tour" (in the sense if to visit and do things). And that was the intended meaning in the test sentence.

If you visit Europe for a week and try to see as many countries as possible in that time, you could later say "I did Europe in seven days."

Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English