Varieties of "Make". Choose the correct preposition.

1. You don't need to make ... an excuse for being late; just tell your teacher the truth.

2. One minute my next-door neighbour is really nice to me, and the next he's extremely rude; I don't know what to make ... him!

3. Can you make ... what it says here? The letters are too small for me to read.

4. According to the newspaper report, the thieves made ... goods worth over ten thousand pounds.

5. Stephen gave his sister a big bunch of roses to make ... forgetting her birthday.