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niknikonavoi

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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
 

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Welcome to the forum, niknikonavoi.

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

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No,I have chosen answers. first question's might,and second one upside down
 
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In the first one a), c) and d) all work. None of the options given in the second one work.
 

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

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

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It doesn't work for me.
 

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

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

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

Not a teacher.
 

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