Common expressions with faire

faire une malle to pack a trunk

faire une chambre to put a room in order

faire attention to pay attention

faire mal à quelqu'un to hurt some one

se faire mal (à la main, aux to hurt (one's hand, eyes, etc.) yeux, etc.)

60. Irregular verbs. — Study the irregular verbs boire, to drink; suivre, to follow; conduire, to lead, drive; and the following which all have the same peculiarities of conjugation: construire, to construct; détruire, to destroy; traduire, to translate; cuire, to cook.

EXERCISE

(a) 1. I am going to have the curtains washed this week. 2. If you don't pay attention, you will hurt your hand. 3. He spoke so fast that I could not follow his thoughts. 4. Let us drink the milk that we bought at the store. 5. He broke his finger during the baseball game this afternoon. 6. I shall have him stay at home if he does not pay attention. 7. The company constructed a railway up to the village. 8. His mother put the room in order before his arrival. 9. She translated the lesson for the other girls. 10. He drank all the milk that he could find.

(b) 11. We had just packed the trunk when Mary entered the room. 12. Let us not destroy those papers. I need them.