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Hello, native English speakers. How have you been?
I have to teach English in DVD lessons. Would you proofread the sentences
used in the textbook and the ones I made for the lessons?
1a) This song always makes me happy.
b) This song always makes me feel happy.
[Are 1a and 1b almost the same in meaning?]
2a) The egg made me sick.
b) When I ate the egg, I became sick.
c) When I ate the egg, I felt sick.
[Would all the sentences above used commonly?]
[Can 2a mean 2b or 2c?]
3a) What makes you so angry?
b) Why are you so angry?
[Does 3b have the same meaning as 3a?]
4) The news made him a hero.
5a) The music made her sleepy.
b) The music made her feel sleepy.
c) The music made her become sleepy.
[Would all the sentences above used commonly?]
[Are 5a and 5b the same in meaning?]
6a) The discovery made the town famous.
b) The discovery made the town become famous.
[Would both sentences used commonly?]
7) His success in the examination made his parents happy.
8a) Make yourself at home
b) Make yourself comfortable.
[Would 8b be used as well as 8a?]
9a) I couldn't make myself heard above the noise.
b) My voice was almost drowned by the noise.
[Would both sentences be used? Do they have the same meaning?]
10a) Nothing will make me change my mind.
b) Nothing will change my mind.
[Would both be used?]
11a) His joke made all laugh.
b) His joke made everyone laugh.
[Would 11a be used with the same meaning as 11b?]
12a) You made me feel like a hero.
b) You let me feel like a hero. [Sorry. "?" was a mistake.]
[Would both sentences make sense?]
13a) He has made me what I am.
b) I owe to him what I am.
[Would 13a be used commonly?]
[Does 13b have the same meaning as 13a?]
14a) What made him so angry?
b) What made him get so angry?
[I think 14a would be OK, but would you say 14b as well?]
Thank you in advance.
Hirashin
I have to teach English in DVD lessons. Would you proofread the sentences
used in the textbook and the ones I made for the lessons?
1a) This song always makes me happy.
b) This song always makes me feel happy.
[Are 1a and 1b almost the same in meaning?]
2a) The egg made me sick.
b) When I ate the egg, I became sick.
c) When I ate the egg, I felt sick.
[Would all the sentences above used commonly?]
[Can 2a mean 2b or 2c?]
3a) What makes you so angry?
b) Why are you so angry?
[Does 3b have the same meaning as 3a?]
4) The news made him a hero.
5a) The music made her sleepy.
b) The music made her feel sleepy.
c) The music made her become sleepy.
[Would all the sentences above used commonly?]
[Are 5a and 5b the same in meaning?]
6a) The discovery made the town famous.
b) The discovery made the town become famous.
[Would both sentences used commonly?]
7) His success in the examination made his parents happy.
8a) Make yourself at home
b) Make yourself comfortable.
[Would 8b be used as well as 8a?]
9a) I couldn't make myself heard above the noise.
b) My voice was almost drowned by the noise.
[Would both sentences be used? Do they have the same meaning?]
10a) Nothing will make me change my mind.
b) Nothing will change my mind.
[Would both be used?]
11a) His joke made all laugh.
b) His joke made everyone laugh.
[Would 11a be used with the same meaning as 11b?]
12a) You made me feel like a hero.
b) You let me feel like a hero. [Sorry. "?" was a mistake.]
[Would both sentences make sense?]
13a) He has made me what I am.
b) I owe to him what I am.
[Would 13a be used commonly?]
[Does 13b have the same meaning as 13a?]
14a) What made him so angry?
b) What made him get so angry?
[I think 14a would be OK, but would you say 14b as well?]
Thank you in advance.
Hirashin
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