phrasal verb · neutral

make an effort

UK/meɪk ən ˈefət/US/meɪk ən ˈɛfərt/make an ef·FORT

speakingtask2

to try hard to do something

Examples

If you want to improve your pronunciation, you must make an effort every day.

She made a real effort to understand the feedback.

In the speaking test, try to make an effort to use varied vocabulary.

Band 8 sentence

Candidates who make an effort to practice concise, coherent answers usually perform better in Part 2.

Collocations

  • make an effort to + verb
  • make a genuine/sincere effort

Word family

make verbeffort nounmake an effort phrase

Common mistakes

make effortmake an effort

do an effortmake an effort

Say it for a higher band

5try6attempt7+make an effort

Synonyms

try

attempt

Easily confused

try

He tried to finish the assignment before midnight.

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