Make up

1- Make (sth) up : Invent a story

2- Make sth up: complete, to form a particular thing, amount or number as a whole

        3- Make up (for sth):  to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost

• Examples in context:

1.- He feared the marriage might be in trouble, therefore, he made up an excuse to go to their door and check on them.
1.- I made up this question: “What is the main ingredient of the chocolate you buy in the shops?” 

2.- Foreigners now make up nearly half of all the pupils. They are all new arrivals.

3.- The study of animals emotions has become an exciting field that is quickly making up for lost time.

 

1- Inventar
2- Componer(se), constituir, formar
        3- Compensar por algo

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6. Find in the text one synonym for “happen” (verb).

• turn out

7. Give one opposite for “single” (adjective) as it is used in the text (line 5).

• married

8. Give a noun with the same root as “embarrassed” (adjective) (line 7).

• embarrassment

9. Find in the text one expression meaning “to invent something.”

• make up (*)

10. Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
     “Did they fly to Norway yesterday?” Susan asked me.

• Susan asked me if they had flown to Norway the day before.

11. Fill in the gap with a correct form of the verb in brackets.

• “I would have brought (bring) the car if I had known you needed it.”

12. Give a question for the underlined words:
      “They have been studying Chinese for at least five years.”

• How long have they been studying Chinese?

13. Turn the following sentence into the active voice:
      “I’ve just been stung by a mosquito!”

• A mosquito has just stung me.

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