Make is present tense to use with everything in the present and future.
Made is the past simple and past participle so use with the past and perfect tenses.
I will make a cake - Future
I am making a cake - present (making it now)
I makes cakes - present (general statement)
I made a cake - past
I have made a cake - present perfect (made the cake in the past and here is the cake)
Made is the past simple and past participle so use with the past and perfect tenses.
I will make a cake - Future
I am making a cake - present (making it now)
I makes cakes - present (general statement)
I made a cake - past
I have made a cake - present perfect (made the cake in the past and here is the cake)
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When to use make and made?
When to use Make and Made
Make:
- in the Simple Present tense;
- as an infinitive (bare or to-one ) in verb phrases;
- in imperatives;
- in causative expressions;
- in conditionals (type 1).
Made:
- in the Simple Past tense;
- as a past participle in Perfect Tenses;
- in causative expressions;
- in conditionals (type 2 and mixed ones);
- in adjectival complements (modifiers).
I will made is not a valid English tense.