phrase: to make one's way

[Hunny]

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #23 "The bank raid", question 10

The day arrived and they took their way to the bank but there was something that they had forgotten -- it was a public holiday and the bank was closed!

(a) took
(b) something
(c) forgotten

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #23 "The bank raid", answer 10

The day arrived and they made their way to the bank but there was something that they had forgotten -- it was a public holiday and the bank was closed!

Correct entry: made
The error was: (a) took
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why not on their way to....

Hunny

[Mister Micawber]

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That is a different phrase. 'On the way to' = en route to. 'Make one's way to' = proceed, go forward.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's