online free spoken english course

Unit – 17

The structure of ‘make’ is used when any action is not done by the subject rather somebody else.  For example:

He makes me cook food.

Here cooking is done by ‘me’ not by ‘he.’  ‘He’ is a medium to get that work done.

STRUCTURE – 17

Basic Structure:  Sub. + H.V. (if any) + form of make + Indirect Obj + V I form + Obj.

 

Passive: Indirect Obj + H.V. + made + to+ V I form + Obj.+ by + Sub.

Important:

·        The form of make depends on tense i.e. in case of present tense V I or  I s/es, past indefinite V II form, Present cont. is, are, am + VI ing and so on.

·        Main verb and Helping verb will depend on tense. There is no particular tense for this. Example: make, makes, is/are/am making, has/have made, made, was/were making, had made, will/shall make etc.

·        The main action/work will be in I form only.