All phrasal verbs with Make, the most commonly used verb

They can be easily combined with many phrasal verbs to form a phrase with a certain meaning, expressing what the writer or speaker wants to convey. So among the phrasal verbs with make, besides the familiar make up, make of, make in, etc., what other words do you know? Together EnglishTop Discover details right in the article below.

1. Thestructure with Make.

The word make translates most closely into Vietnamese as "do". However, this translation is still not enough to express the nuances of make's meaning in English. Before learning phrasal verbs with make we must know how to use the word make basically in its first meaning:

– make + sb + adj: How to make someone.

For example:

• Working too much can make you lose weight.
• A simple life makes me happy.

– make + sb + V: force someone to do something.

For example:

• Phil’s mom makes her eat a lot of vegetables.
• The toothache makes me feel terrible.

2. Phrasal verb make

Phrasals that come with the most common make:

– Make after: Chase

For example:

• He made after me first.

– Make away with: steal, steal

For example:

• Thieves made away with 1 million dollars in the bank.

– Make for: towards

For example:

• The new technology make for much greater convenience for human.

– Make into: turn something into something

For example:

• Hard training will make you into a great dancer.

– Make it up to: repay

For example:

• You guys are so kind to me, how can I make it up to you?

– Make of: feel about

For example:

• What do you make of the new book?

– Make off: escape

For example:

• The thief made off as the police arrived.

– Make over: transform into other uses (usually just housing, appearance)

For example:

• We’re going to make over the garage into a living room.

– Make up: lie

For example:

• He was a great storyteller and could make up a story quickly.

– Make up

For example:

• I need to do my make up before going out.

– Make up to: sorry, make up

For example:

• I really want to make up to you for what I had done.

3. Notes when using phrasal verbs with Make

Here are some issues you need to keep in mind to use make as well as the phrasal verb with make most accurately:

- Avoid mistakesphrasal verbs with “make”with “take”

Take and Make are two words that have similar pronunciation and spelling, and their meanings are also somewhat confusing. When these two words are separated and used in the original verb's true meaning, it's fine. But when they become phrasal verbs, many Vietnamese people learning English will confuse the verb phrase make with the verb phrase take. Sometimes people also confuse make with do because when translated into Vietnamese, both are "do". During the learning process, you should pay a little attention to avoid making this mistake.

- No need to learn everything phrasal verb with make  

Learning English vocabulary with phrasal verbs is very difficult to remember. We just need to know how to use the word make with about 10 to 20 of the most common phrasal verbs. If you have more advanced needs, memorize them all because the truth is that phrasal verb make is not easy to remember at all.

Above are all the phrasal verbs with Make with different meanings, many but extremely easy to remember. Just spend 10 minutes memorizing, you can use these phrasal verbs naturally in communication. When you can't find a suitable vocabulary, this alternative phrasal verb is also very good. Good luck!