The speaker failed to make the audience ___ to him patiently. Which of the following is the correct verb form in the blank above?

✅ কেন সঠিক: Causative ‘make’ (active voice) takes the bare infinitive: make someone do something → make the audience listen.

❌ অন্য অপশন: ‘to listen’ is wrong after active ‘make’; ‘listening’ and ‘listened’ do not fit this pattern.

💡 মনে রাখুন: make/let/have + object + base verb. But passive: ‘They were made to listen.’ (to returns)