1.make用作使役动词,表示“使”,后接不定式的复合结构作宾语时,不定式不能带 to；但是,若make为被动语态,则不定式必须带to.如：
Though he had often made his little sister cry,today he was made to cry by his little sister.虽然他曾经常把他小妹妹弄哭,但今天他被他小妹妹弄哭了.
注意,若make不表示“使”,而表示其他意思则情况不同,比如下面两句,make后的不定式不是宾语补足语,而是目的状语：
We make candles to give light.我们做蜡烛照明.
He made a box to put his money in.他做了个盒子来装钱.
2.其后除可接不带to的不定式作宾语补足语外,还可以接以下成分：
(1) 接过去分词作宾语补足语.如：
He tried to make his ideas known.他设法让别人知道他的想法.
注意,其后通常不接现在分词作宾语补足语.如：
他让司机在外面等他.
误：He made the driver waiting for him outside.
正：He had the driver waiting for him outside.
3.有时可用作连系动词,表示“成为”“变成”等.如：
That will make a good ending to the book.那就成了这本书很好的结尾.
4.用于“be made+介词”：
(1) 比较 be made of 与 be made from：两者均表示“由……制成”,但前者通常表示在制成品中还看得出原材料,而后者则通常表示在制成品中看不出原材料.如：
The chair is made of wood.这椅子是用木头做的.
Some paper is made from wood.有些纸是用木头做的.
而makes,只是make动词的一般时形式,其用法与make本身是一样的,只是放在句中看时态而作相应选择使用,make的过去式是maked,用于一般过去时.
