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How a sentence is built · CEFR B1 · Independent
Some verbs — make, call, consider, find, elect — take an object and then a word describing that object.
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They made him captain.
verb + object + noun / adjective
Question 1 of 1
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Example 1 of 1
They made him captain.
No "as" after make, call or elect in this pattern.
The shape
verb + object + noun / adjective
Say what something was made, called or considered.
In Hindi
make, call, consider जैसी क्रियाओं के बाद कर्म आता है, और फिर उस कर्म के बारे में बताने वाला शब्द।
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The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
They made him as captain. | They made him captain. No "as" after make, call or elect in this pattern. |
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Calling something something is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to how a sentence is built. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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