Emotions & feelings
make someone jump
suddenly frighten someone
To make someone jump is to frighten or surprise them suddenly.
Hear it in real life
Did you hear that bang?
Yes, it made me jump.
That sudden phone call made me jump.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The noise made me jumped.
Say: The noise made me jump.
After make someone, use the base form jump, not the past form jumped.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
make someone jump; made me jump
Your turn: say it out loud
That sudden phone call made me jump.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
make someone jump
suddenly frighten someone
“That sudden phone call made me jump.”
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