Phrasal verb make

Module 2

Phrasal verb MAKE

1. Study the rule:

make of

• думать, иметь свое мнение / to think of, to have an opinion about

make off with

• украсть / to steal and escape with something

make out

• различить, разглядеть, расслышать, разобрать (слова и т.д) / to distinguish; to manage, to be able to see or hear some­thing, to see clearly

• воображать, притворяться / to pretend that something is true

• составлять документ, выписывать/ to write out, to fill in

make up

• придумывать, сочинять / to say or write something that is not true, to invent a story

• наносить косметику, краситься / to put cosmetics on

make up with (somebody)

• помириться с кем-либо/ become friends again

make up for

• компенсировать / to compensate for something bad that they have done or that has happened

1. Match two columns:

III. Choose the correct particle:

1. I really like making (up for, up, off with) horror stories.

2. My new teacher is talking too fast and unclear that I can hardly make something (up, of, out).
3. Tom presented me with flowers, candies and expensive jewelry, but it will never make (up for, off with, up) the suffering he gave me.
4. The picture was so small that I couldn’t make (off with, up for, out) what was in it.
5. While I was waiting for the bus, a teenager made (off with, of, up) my wallet.

IV. Complete the PHRASAL VERB with the correct particle using prompts in brackets:

1. She often makes ___________________ she is the boss when, really, she is only an assistant. (to pretend that something is true)

2. What can I do to make ___________________ forgetting your birthday? (to compensate)

3. Ruth’s writing is very small. I almost need a magnify glass to make it___________________ (to distinguish)

4. What do you make ___________________ his new girlfriend? (to have an opinion about)

5. She made ___________________ the story because she was afraid to tell the truth. (to invent a story)

V. Put the proper phrasal particle:

1. Stephen gave his sister a big bunch of roses to make ___________________ forgetting her birthday.

2. One minute my next-door neighbour is really nice to me, and the next he’s extremely rude; I don’t know what to make ___________________ him!

3. According to the newspaper report, the thieves made ___________________ goods worth over ten thousand pounds.

4. Can you make ___________________ what it says here? The letters are too small for me to read.

5. When we got to the park, the children made ___________________ the swings.

VI. Paraphrase the sentence using the PHRASAL VERB:

1. The robber has stolen my things.

2. I’m sorry, I’ll try to compensate it.
3. I can barely hear what he is saying.
4. I have no idea what to think of her.
5. None of it is true. He invented the whole story.

VII. Correct the mistakes with the PHRASAL VERB:

1. As soon as we had checked in at the hotel, we made off with the beach.

2. She made out some story about the bus being late, but I’m sure she just overslept.

3. How do you make out being late to your own wedding?

4. Can you make of the words of the song?

5. It took the clown 10 minutes to make out his face.

VIII. Make up 5 sentences: