[Grammar] Modals

[niknikonavoi]

Kate ... change her mind if we keep on at her
a)might b)might have to C)could d)would
My children were alone only for 2 hours,but it was enough to make ... the whole house.
a)upside down b)up and down

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, niknikonavoi.

This looks like your homework, which we don't do.

 

[niknikonavoi]

No,I have chosen answers. first question's might,and second one upside down

 

[bhaisahab]

In the first one a), c) and d) all work. None of the options given in the second one work.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Does 'to make the whole house upside-down' work?

 

[emsr2d2]

"to turn the whole house upside-down" is the natural way of saying it.

 

[mawes12]

Does 'to make the whole house upside-down' work?

I think that works too.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It doesn't work for me.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The construction is 'to make something + adjective'. Why doesn't it work?

 

[MikeNewYork]

In my opinion, learners need to stop memorizing templates such as "make something + adjective". They don't always work in real English.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Turn something upside down' is an idiom, which should not be reworded.
Am I right?

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In the use in this thread, it is an idiom.