1.make用作使役動詞,表示“使”,后接不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)作賓語時,不定式不能帶 to；但是,若make為被動語態(tài),則不定式必須帶to.如：
Though he had often made his little sister cry,today he was made to cry by his little sister.雖然他曾經(jīng)常把他小妹妹弄哭,但今天他被他小妹妹弄哭了.
注意,若make不表示“使”,而表示其他意思則情況不同,比如下面兩句,make后的不定式不是賓語補足語,而是目的狀語：
We make candles to give light.我們做蠟燭照明.
He made a box to put his money in.他做了個盒子來裝錢.
2.其后除可接不帶to的不定式作賓語補足語外,還可以接以下成分：
(1) 接過去分詞作賓語補足語.如：
He tried to make his ideas known.他設(shè)法讓別人知道他的想法.
注意,其后通常不接現(xiàn)在分詞作賓語補足語.如：
他讓司機在外面等他.
誤：He made the driver waiting for him outside.
正：He had the driver waiting for him outside.
3.有時可用作連系動詞,表示“成為”“變成”等.如：
That will make a good ending to the book.那就成了這本書很好的結(jié)尾.
4.用于“be made+介詞”：
(1) 比較 be made of 與 be made from：兩者均表示“由……制成”,但前者通常表示在制成品中還看得出原材料,而后者則通常表示在制成品中看不出原材料.如：
The chair is made of wood.這椅子是用木頭做的.
Some paper is made from wood.有些紙是用木頭做的.
而makes,只是make動詞的一般時形式,其用法與make本身是一樣的,只是放在句中看時態(tài)而作相應(yīng)選擇使用,make的過去式是maked,用于一般過去時.