🖨 Idioms with Make (1) – PDF version
Choose the correct alternative in brackets.
- It’s going to make Rachel’s _____ when you tell her you’re taking her and the kids to Australia! She’ll be thrilled. (day, hour, time)
- It’s getting late. We should make _____ . (paths, tracks, ways)
- Thanks to a private teacher Amaya has made a lot of _____ with her German. (forward, headway, progresses)
- As soon as we got into the club we made a _____line for the bar. (bee, fly, moth)
- I had made such a _____ ear of my French essay that I decided to start all over again (cow’s, duck’s, pig’s)
- It suddenly started to rain heavily while we were walking on the beach so we made a _____ for the car. (comeback, dash, hurry)
- I’m really sorry I had to cancel our dinner date yesterday. How can I make _____? (amends, compensations, remedies)
- What does this say, Anna? I can’t make head or _____ of your handwriting. (foot, heel, tail)
Answers
1. tracks
2. headway
3. bee
4. pig’s
5. dash
6. amends
7. tail
8. day
