Grammar Spod: Making it up

to make + a cup of tea/a mess/a phone call/someone angry/ someone cry/dinner/(a) profit/(a) loss/friends/(a) noise/feel

Complete the gaps in the sentences with words from the box above:

1)    Wait a minute – I need to make _____ before we go out. Have you got Ben’s phone number?

2)    His new Internet company, Opportunities.com, made a big _____ in its first year.

3)     Are you hungry? I’ll start making _____ if you want.

4)     Stella’s already made lots of _____ at her new school. She’s very happy there.

5)    That new washing machine is making a very strange _____.

6)    You look really tired. Sit down and I’ll make you _____.

7)    Our Maths teacher is really horrible – she nearly made Lucy _____ the other day.

8)    Andrew really makes me _____. Why is he always late?!

9)    You can only use my office if you promise not to make _____.

10)    I hate flying. It makes me _____ really ill.

I hope you enjoyed this introduction to lexical phrases with the word make. Please let me know if there is a tense or a grammatical item you would like to read about in particular in one of the following editions of StopPress. I would be delighted to hear from you at stoppress@laltorbay.co.uk.

Until next month – yours sincerely,


Countess Grammar