Easy English....3

Phrasal verbs:-
Make for : go towards in the direction of
Make off : go or run away
Make of : understand, conclude
Make up : invent, come to a decision
Make out : understand
Make after : pursue, chase

Exercise - 1

Put the correct phrasal verbs.

1. He ________ his mind to go abroad.
2. As the teacher explained at great speed I couldn't _______anything.
3. It is midnight and so let us ______ home.
4. I could ________ nothing from his speech.
5. The thief ______ with all the valuable articles he had stolen.
6. The police ________ the thief.
7. The news about the death of an important man spread everywhere but later we understand it was a _________ story.

Exercise - 2

supply suitable preposition

1. The thatched shed is ____ fire.
2. My seventy five year old grandfather died ___ pneumonia.
3. I am suffering ____ fever.
4. The teacher put his spectacles ____ the table.
5. Yesterday I met my friend ____ 10 O'clock.
6. I have some money ___ my pocket.
7. My friend always takes dinner___ a spoon.
8. On holidays he does not go to his office but stays ___ home.
9. Everyday I go ___ bed at 11 O'clock.
10. Whenever he meets strangers he begins speaking ____ English.

Exercise - 3

Correct the following sentences.

1. This compartment is packed with people and there is no place in it.
2. He told to his son to prepare well for the examination.
3. Of the two friends Ramesh is the most intelligent.
4. I intend to invite my friends on my birthday for dinner.
5. His son in-laws are engineers.

 Exercise - 4

Form abstract nouns from the following words.

1. cruel
2. deep
3. human
4. quick
5. vacant
6. brave
7. proud
8. just
9. vain
10. long
11. innocent
12. young
13. see
14. hate
15. laugh

ANSWERS

Exercise - 1

1. made up
2. made out
3. made for
4. made of
5. made off
6. made after
7. made up

Exercise - 2

1. on
2. of
3. from
4. on
5. at
6. in
7. with
8. at
9. to
10. in

Exercise - 3

1. ______there is no room in it.
2. He told his son ________
3. ______ Ramesh is more intelligent (Here two persons are compared. So we can use only comparative degree. This statement has no superlative degree. When there are more than two persons or things , superlative degree can be used.)
4. Not 'for dinner' but 'to dinner'
5. His sons-in-law_____

Exercise - 4

1. cruelty
2. depth
3. humanity
4. quickness
5. vacancy
6. bravery
7. pride
8. justice
9. vanity
10. length
11. innocence
12. youth
13. sight
14. hatred
15. laughter

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