Make me ______!

Posted by Pak Guru on May 19th, 2017 | 0 comments | cause effect, collocation, grammar, IELTS, membuat, speaking, vocabulary, writing

Routine activities make our hearts are happy.

 I’m not sure why Indonesian students run into problems with make, especially when make is tied to an adjective –  as it is in this example. The Indonesian structure is exactly the same as the English:

	verb	noun	adjective
	membuat	orang	senang
	make	someone	happy

Buat orang senang = Make someone happy = Make + noun + adjective

• Routine activities make our hearts happy.

Of course make can also be tied to a verb:

• She made me do it!

In this case you need the structure:

• subject + make + object + V1

So, make is actually easier to use than you might think:

• She makes me happy (adj).
• She makes me laugh (v).