Phrasal verbs in English - 9

Phrasal verbs from M - R

Write the preposition or adverb particle in the answer box that is missing from the sentence. See explanations in the solutions section.

Example:

When the police questioned the thief at the police station, he owned ____ that he had stolen the silver spoons.
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1) After being two hours in the traffic jam, we drove a little faster than usual. We wanted to make ____ for lost time.

2) Mary made ____ the quilt from small pieces of coloured material.

3) I'm getting into trouble with the bank. I have to pay them ____ a lot of money.

4) "I'm not going to be able to make the meeting for 4 o'clock. Can we put it ____ to 6?"

5) Every day I pick ____ the children from school in the car.

6) When she came in, she put ____ all the lights and woke me up.

7) Mary put her holiday ____ to the beginning of August because the weather forecast was bad for the end of August.

8) When my neighbour complained about the noise of our party, I pointed ____ that she always had music playing loudly.

9) John found next door's cat in his house so he ruled ____ the idea that he'd been burgled.

10) Mary ran ____ from home when she was little. She wasn't a happy child.

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