PHRASAL VERBS ~ MAKE [Part 2] (Exercises & Keys)

PHRASAL VERBS - MAKE [2]
I. Fill in the gaps using appropriate prepositions or adverbs.
1. When I shouted her name, the old lady made....me with an umbrella.
2. After the robbery, they made....at top speed.
3. The tents can be made....temporary houses.
4. He`s a sycophant who is always making.......rich people.
5. We still need ten pounds to make....the sum we`ve got to pay.
6. They have made....their property to the local parish church.
7. The little boy made the coins.
8. I told him the price and he made....a cheque for 100 pounds.
9. It`s difficult to make....his house in the darkness.
10. How are you making....with Carol? Are you going to marry her?
11. The policeman made....the thief with his truncheon.
12. He made....that nobody had paid any attention to him.
13. He pretends to be a rich businessman but my opinion is that the whole story is
made....
14. His duty to the paper is to make....the financial pages.
15. Can youread hiswriting. I can`t make it....
16. The bodies of all animals are made....of cells.
17. You say that he`s lying, but how do you make that....?
18. The party`s made....of the older policy making class.
19. This cloth will make....into three suits.
20. I can`t stand women whospend hours making....to go out.
21. Why don`t you stop having that argument and make it....with her?
22. I am going to make....home now; my mum`s waiting for me.
23. He made....a bundle of old clothes and gave it away to the poor.
24. The fire needs making....
25. In the army my duty was to make the beds....
II. Replace the following phrasal verbs with another word or phrase of the same meaning.
1. The policeman made after the thief.
2. The terrorists made away with the colonel.
3. It was too late and we decided to make for home.
4. The troops made away with a victory in the enemy’s barracks.
5. The plane is making for the military airport.
6. She is a poor-sighted woman who can`t make faces out without her spectacles.
7. My secretary makes out that she didn`t send the letter to the wrong address.
8. They are trying to make out that he is subnormal.
9. He wants to get the scholarship and is making out that he is poor and needy.
10. The chairman made the speaker out as being very eloquent.
11. My grandfather made his cottage over to me a couple of months before his death.

12. The party will be held next Monday and we haven`t made up a list of the guests yet.
13. We still need £100 to make up the sum we have to pay.
14. How did your football team make out in the match?
15. It`s true that they were always arguing about money, but they managed to make up
in the end.
16. The church was made into a hospital during the war.
17. That landowner isn`t as rich as many people make out.
18. The clerk made away with all the documents.
19. He made away with himself in despair.
20. He made towards the harbour in the hope of arriving at noon.
21. The dog made for the cat as soon as they saw each other.
22. How are you making out?
23. Fortunately, the insurance made up for my losses.
24. He has wormed his way into the boss`s favour and is always making up to him.
25. Women always make up their faces before going out.
III. Replace the words in italics with an appropriate phrasal verb.
1. The escaped prisoner was travelling towards the coast.
2. I`ll have to work very hard to compensate for the time I wasted.
3. The audience was composed of children.
4. Most women use cosmetics on their faces.
5. The thief ran away when he saw the policeman coming.
6. It`s high time you ended your quarrel.
7. I think that the whole story is invented.
8. I can`t understand this scribble.
9. He stated that he was unemployed.
10. He wrote a cheque to Smith & Company.
11. Mining constitutes the country`s main industry.
12. The little boy stole the coins.
13. From the window, I could see the traffic heading for the city in the morning.
14. He claims he is the only one who works here.
15. The firm isn`t succeeding as it used to