Communication
do someone a favour
help someone with a task
If you do someone a favour, you help them by doing something specific for them.
Hear it in real life
Can you do me a favour?
Sure. What do you need?
Could you do me a favour and water the plants while I'm away?
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Can you make me a favour and feed the cat?
Say: Can you do me a favour and feed the cat?
In English, we say "do someone a favour," not "make someone a favour."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do someone a favour; do someone a favour and do something
Your turn: say it out loud
Could you do me a favour and water the plants while I'm away?
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
do someone a favour
help someone with a task
“Could you do me a favour and water the plants while I'm away?”
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