🗓️ Idiom: Make a Difference
💬 Meaning
- To have a positive effect or create meaningful change.
- It shows that someone’s actions help people, the environment, or the community.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Our company wants to make a difference by supporting local farmers.
- Even small changes in packaging can make a difference to the environment.
- Volunteering as a team helped us make a difference in our community.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from everyday English in the late 1900s. It combines “make” (to create or cause) and “difference” (a change). It became popular in social and political movements to describe actions that bring real, positive change in the world.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The new recycling program will ________ in reducing waste.
Answer
make a difference
2. Multiple choice:
What does “make a difference” mean?
a) Do nothing important
b) Cause a positive change
c) Change your opinion
Answer
b) Cause a positive change
3. Rewrite the sentence:
“Their support had a big impact on the local school.”
Answer
Their support made a difference to the local school.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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