How to Use MAKE SURE in English

Hello. This is Jack from tofluency.com. Yesterday, I did a live lesson and

somebody asked me a question: they asked me: how do you use make sure? Okay, make

sure. And I think this person asked me this maybe because I use this a lot during my

lessons. I say things like: make sure you're using the right methods; make sure

;you download my book

make sure you subscribe if you are new. And this means take the necessary action

to be sure that you do something. So, it means to take that action; to do what you

need to do in order to do what I'm talking about.

Now, I am using it in the imperative: make sure. But it is quite informal at times -

it all depends on the context. Now, it can be quite strong in certain situations.

For example, a teacher can say to a student: make sure you never do that

again - with maybe angrier intonation: make sure you never do that again.

So, in this case, it's stronger. But the way I use it in my videos is not that

strong, but I want to be certain that you do something. Now we can also use make

sure in a different way. Here's an exampl: I'm texting you to make sure that you

got my invitation. I'm texting you to make sure that you got my invitation.

Now, in this case, I'm checking to be sure of something - I'm checking to be certain

of something. Now, we use this a lot in English - here's a great example as well...

imagine that you have a contract with a telephone company but you want to cancel

that contract. So, you call the company and you say, "Hey, I want to cancel my

contract." And they say, "Okay,

it's going to be cancelled within the next five days." What you can do is call

the company after five days and say, "Hey, I'm calling to make sure that you

canceled my contract."

I'm calling to make sure that you canceled my contract. So, you're calling

to be certain of something - you're calling to check on the situation. What I

want you to do now is to leave an example below using this. So, just use any

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