MAKE = CAUSE OR CHANGE

Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin, everyone. I hope you are having a good day, and I hope your week has gone well. 

Today is our last lesson of the week, and the last lesson about expressions with the verb TO MAKE.

Today we concentrate on another very common meaning with MAKE: to cause something to happen or change. Consider the following expressions.

To make somebody do something

Example 1: My boss is trying to make me work weekends, but I honestly can't; I have too many family obligations.

Example 2: The Clint Eastwood film, "Bridges of Madison," made me cry.

To make somebody happy, sad, angry, etc.

Example 3: Winning the award made her very happy.

To make it known

Example 4: He never misses a chance to make it known that his father is the CEO of the company.

I encourage you to choose one or two of these expressions and write a sentence with them. When you use them in a sentence, it will help you to remember them. You can post your sentences on one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we'll give you feedback about them as soon as we can.

Try to make the best of your day, and have an excellent weekend.

All the best!