Want to learn common phrases with MAKE to improve your vocabulary and speaking skills? This lesson will definitely make a difference. In it, you will learn FIFTY common phrases that use MAKE! Some examples include: make a mistake, make an observation, make an exception, make your dreams come true, make believe, make friends, make progress, make a promise, make up your mind, and many more. Once you have watched the video, make sure to check out the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/50-make-phrases-in-english/ for more practice!

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TRANSCRIPT

If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you... You know the song. Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on fifty common "make" phrases. So, in this video I am going to teach you fifty phrases with the verb "make". We will start with some of the common, easy ones, not really idiomatic, just common stuff, like: "make breakfast, lunch, dinner", etc. and then we will move on to some more idiomatic phrases in the second part of the video, so make sure you stick around for that as well.

So, let's not waste any time and we'll start with this part of the board. At the top, like I mentioned, you can "make breakfast". So, in the morning when you wake up, you make yourself a sandwich, or maybe you make a pizza for breakfast. I never do. Maybe you do. I don't know. You can also "make lunch", "make dinner". Basically, you can make a meal. Anything with, you know, breakfast, lunch, dinner - the three main meals of the day, you can make them. So, this is like cooking, or baking, or creating. You can also make different foods, so "make a pizza", "make a sandwich", "make a snack", "make a cake". So, you are putting these things together, creating them, creating a pizza. You know, you have the cheese and the dough, and the pepperoni and the sauce, and you put it together, so you can make all of these things. All right? You're putting them together.

Now, next is an expression: "make up your mind". So, if you tell someone: "Make up your mind", it means that they cannot make a decision, so you want them to make up their mind; or, like I said, make a decision. Okay? So, stop going this way and that way with your mind and your options: -"Oh, I don't know. Do I want the pizza or do I want the pasta? I don't know. I don't know." -"Make up your mind." Okay? So, make a decision. Commit. Commit to a decision.

Next: "make fun of someone". This is not a polite thing to do; some would call it bullying. Most people would call it bullying actually. If you make fun of someone, you are making a joke about that person. Maybe they have a characteristic, a feature that you think is funny, like maybe they have bigger ears than you, so you say: "Haha. Look, it's Dumbo." Like, you are making fun of them. Dumbo is a Disney elephant with big ears. So, yeah, don't make fun of people, unless it's your family or friends and then it's fine - usually, unless they don't like it. Ask my sisters. I don't know. I don't know if they liked it.

So, next: "make a difference". So, if something makes a difference, it has a significant effect or a significant impact. A person can make a difference. You know, an idea can make a difference. Something that causes change in life.

"Make a joke" - similar to "make fun of someone", you can make a joke. I have many joke videos on my channel, so one of the jokes I gave you guys was: "Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine." I just made a joke. If it's a good joke or a bad joke, that's up to you to decide.

Next: "make a call" or "make a phone call". So, this is what you tell people when, you know, you want to leave a conversation maybe: "Sorry, I need to make a call. Yeah". So, if you need to call someone on your phone, you can say: "I need to make a phone call. I need to make a call." Or: "I need to call." I just want you to know that "make a call" is also possible.

"Make a promise". So, you can promise someone that you are going to do something, or you can also say you made a promise to this person or you are going to make a promise to this person.

Okay, next. These two are sometimes confused, so let me tell you the difference between a "reservation" and an "appointment". You can "make a reservation", you can "make an appointment". Number one, you can make a reservation at a restaurant or a hotel, for example. So, when you think of reservations, think of something you have to, like, secure or you have to save your spot. Right? So, you can make a reservation at a restaurant. […]