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 effort→make an effort
do an effort→make an effort
Say it for a higher band
5try→6attempt→7+make an effort
Synonyms
try
attempt
Easily confused
try
“He tried to finish the assignment before midnight.”
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