Problem with structure: Although she shouted, she could not make her voice hear

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi everybody,
I am now wondering if this sentence is correct:
‘‘Although she shouted,she could not make her voice hear’’.
I think the word ‘hear’ should be placed by ‘heard’ but the test software said that ‘hear’ was correct.What about your ideas?Tell me please!Thanks in advance!
Be my friends!Have a nice day!

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Hi Thang

I agree. The sentence needs the word ‘heard’.
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thanks!But can you tell me the reason?

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It’s an idiom
Make one’s voice heard: express one’s opinion so that other people hear or notice

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‘make her voice hear’ = cause her voice to hear
This doesn’t make any sense. Voices don’t have ears. Voices cannot hear.

‘make her voice heard’ = cause her voice to be heard (by others)
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Hi, Amy

But we don’t say “make her voice be heard”, or do we?

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Hi Alex

‘make something + past participle’ is similar to ‘make something + adjective’

He made it easy. → He caused it to be or become easy.
He made it known. → He caused it to be or become known.

Look at this:
dictionary.cambridge.org/define. … &dict=CALD
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In normal usage it can be replaced by "Although she shouted,she could not make herself heard.‘’
In idomatic expressions, ''Although she shouted,she could not make her voice heard’’
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Thanks for your time!