C1 - Grammar - Phrasal verbs - Part 1

PHRASAL VERBS - Part 1

GRAMMAR

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Your idiom for today

whatever floats your boat

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What is a phrasal verb?

How many types of phrasal verbs do you know?

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What do you know of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs?

RELATIONSHIP RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

ask out

take out

RELATIONSHIP RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

lead somebody on

hook up

RELATIONSHIP RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

drift apart

break up with somebody

break-up (noun)

split up with someone

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make up

put up with

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cheat on somebody

be cheated on

mess somebody around

mess around with something

RELATIONSHIP RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

settle down What age do young people usually settle down in your country?

settle an account

FOOD RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

pig out

eat up

pick at

FOOD RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

cut out

cut back on

cut down

FOOD RELATED PHRASAL VERBS

bolt down/ wolf down How often do you bolt down your lunch?

COOKING AND PREPARING FOOD PHRASAL VERBS

whip up

cut up

chop up

COOKING AND PREPARING FOOD PHRASAL VERBS

boil over

warm up

fry up

FUN FACT!

There are over 10,000 phrasal verbs in the English language! That is a hefty amount of phrasal verbs! Luckily, most of them are easy enough to understand just by looking at their component parts.

10 'TURN' PHRASAL VERBS

turn on

turn off

We can turn on/turn off a light, TV, music

10 'TURN' PHRASAL VERBS

turn out

turn around

turn back

10 'TURN' PHRASAL VERBS

turn against somebody

turn in

turn somebody in

10 'TURN' PHRASAL VERBS

turn down

turn into something/ somebody

turn up

Quiz

Let's check how much you remember from the first part of the lesson about Phrasal Verbs

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There are to types of Phrasal verbs: separable and inseparable "ask out" is...

inseparable

separable

I can't stand him anymore! I think it is time for us to ...

ask out

make up

break up

She ... for two weeks! Why would she do that?

was drifting me apart

was leading me on

putting up with me

was taking me out

I know it is not pretty - I ... in about 15 minutes.

whipped it up

warmed up it

We ... on pizza yesterday. I don't think I will eat pizza for months!

pigged out

bolted down

Make sure you ... your project before you leave for vacation. We will review it on Monday.

turn into

turn in

These cookies ... wonderfully. Can you give me the recipe?

turned around

turned out

I think I am going to ... the promotion. I am flattered, but I want to live abroad for a few years.

turn down

turn back

She said that she was looking for a stable relationship. I am just looking to have some fun!

mess me about

to take me out

to settle down

to hook up

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I am very impressed with the novel you wrote. It ... quite a masterpiece!

turn back

turn up

turned into

turn in

turn on

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Start over?

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Means to prepare a meal very quickly or with little effort

Switch off , to stop a device

Break up with somebody – go your own separate ways, finish a relationship She's just broken up with her boyfriend.

Means to heat something up

Cheat on somebody – be unfaithful to him/her

turn somebody in means that we disclose who they are If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime: The mother turned in her son to the police, because she knew that he had committed the crime.

To harm someone because they have harmed you in the past: Police think that the killings may be a result of accounts being settled between local gangs.

Separable phrasal verbs can be broken up by other words, while inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be separated by other words

Somebody was unfaithful towards you – go off with somebody else He cheated on me and went off with somebody else.

Switch on, to start a device

Turn down – reject, decline, refuse He turned down the offer. He did not want to move to NY to work there.

turn in – to produce or submit some results, usually in a positive meaning: He turned in a consistent performance every day. Please turn in your essays on Friday morning.

Ask out – separable verb (we can separate it) - ask somebody out Means to invite somebody out on a date

Split up with someone – an ending of a relationship or partnership; a separation.

Bolt down/ wolf down – means to eat something very quickly He wolfed down his dinner, because he had not eaten since the day before.

Break-up (noun) - the coming to an end of a business or personal relationship, caused by the separation of those involved: Long separations had contributed to their marriage break-up. The break-up of the pop group came as no surprise.

Turn around – rotate, or a situation can turn around: to cause a situation to change in a positive direction. They were losing badly but they turned things around in the second half of the game

Take out – (separable verb) take somebody out Means take somebody out on a date, offering to pay for the date, we split the bill

Cut up – cut something up into pieces I will quickly cut up the meat here and can you prepare the salad in the meantime.

There are two types of phrasal verbs.

To use or treat something in a careless or harmful way: I don't want him coming in here and messing around with our computers. Never mess around with scissors.

Turn back – return to a previous state Once you step out of that door there is not turning back.

Eat up – means to eat everything what’s on your plate

Drift apart – lose closeness. If two people drift apart, they gradually become less friendly and their relationship ends.

turn against somebody – oppose I couldn’t believe that my best friend turned against me.

This means to reduce the consumption of something I have to cut back on sweets. I have been eating too many sweets recently.

Turn into something/somebody – means to change form He turned into a monster as soon as she moved into his house.

Make up – reconcile, get back together again

Turn up – means to appear in a place, attend an event They turned up at the concert an hour too late. But they made it in time for the main performance.

Means to cook by frying on a frying pan.

Lead somebody on – give somebody the wrong idea, by making them think that they have a chance with you, but in reality this is not likely to happen

Hook up – have a casual relationship with somebody

Chop up – cut something with sharp blows, in very quick movements If you cut the pie up, I will chop up the veggies.

A phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition or adverb (or both) that means something different from each of the words that make up the verb.

Settle down – find a stable relationship, job, place to live

Whatever floats your boat (informal) used to say that someone can do or use whatever they like. You can add raisins, nuts, chocolate chips – whatever floats your boat.

Pick at – unwilling eat a small amount of food

Put up with (somebody’s behaviour)= tolerate or endure something. I could put up with his snoring. I couldn't put up with him playing video games all night!

Turn out – means to end up as, in the end It turned out that we will not go to the concert after all.

Cut down – separable – cut something down to reduce the number, amount, or size of something: You need to cut down on caffeine in your diet if you have troubles with sleeping in

Mess somebody around – treat somebody in a bad way I'm tired of being messed around by him.

Cut out – separable – cut something out of your diet, life – means to eliminate something from your diet or life

Pig out – means to eat a lot of food

Boil over – means to cause the liquid to overflow during boiling The milk's boiled over. Can you run and get the peas? I think they're boiling over.