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Today we are talking all things phrasal verbs. I've already made two videos on phrasal verbs
and you can find them in the link down below but today we are going to be doing a little quiz.
Here's an opportunity to test yourself on how well you know English phrasal verbs. What are
we waiting for? Let's get started! Okay question number one: "don't bring ____ money around her,
it's a sensitive subject". What do you think? Is it a: bring up b: bring on c: bring off or d:
bring through? What do you think? The answer is a: bring up! To bring something up basically means
to start talking about something to start a conversation about something. So "don't bring up
her ex-boyfriend". Okay question number two. "I've been putting _____ cleaning the house all week.
I need to do it today". Is it a: putting on b: putting through c: putting off or d: putting up?
What do you think? The answer is c: putting off! Because to "put off" means to postpone, to delay,
to push away so if you put off cleaning the house you're postponing it. I'll do it tomorrow,
I'll do it Wednesday, I'll do it on Tuesday, you know, pushing it away. Okay question three! "I
was walking in the park today and I came _____ a lost dog". So is it a: came over b: came across c:
came two or d: came up? Have a think. The answer is b: came across! Because to "come across"
something means to find something unexpectedly. Question number one two three FOUR! "When new
people come to our house my dad always shows _____ his expensive car". What do you think? Is it a:
shows up b: shows on c: shows away or d: shows off? And the answer is
d: shows off! To "show off" means to brag, to flaunt, you know, you could say "he is showing off
his new phone" so you can show off an item or a possession or you can just show off. So
"pay no attention to my child he's just showing off" you know he's being big,
he's flaunting himself. all of that fun stuff. Question number five! "Oh it was so hot in there I
nearly passed _____ ". What do you think a: passed over b: passed on c: passed out or d: passed
up? And the answer is c: passed out! Because "passed on" means "died". So "passed out" is
just a way that we say to "faint". So this action *uhhhh*. Pass out to faint. question number six!
"I need to _____ up on my French skills before I go to Paris next month". What do you think?
Is it a: take up b: brush up c: throw up or d: run up? What do you think? The answer is
b: to brush up! Because "take up" means to start a new hobby or skill, "brush up"
means to revise a skill that you used to be good at, so you practice a bit more you
get the knowledge back into your head, "throw up" means to vomit and "run up" means to...
if you have to jump over a fence okay? So I need to jump over that fence so if I just
jump it's going to be quite hard but if I take a few steps back and I run run run run run run jump
it's going to be better. That's doing a run-up. It's not a very useful phrasal verb, I don't know,
you might need it if you are constantly jumping over fences you might need the phrasal verb to run
up.. I don't know. Question number 7. That
was my Britney Spears impression, you're welcome. "If it keeps raining we'll have to ______ off the
event". Is it a: call off b: phone off c: throw off or d: ring off? And the answer is
a: to call off! To call off just means to cancel. It's been cancelled, it's not
happening. And finally question number eight! "If we want to get
there in time we'll have to ____ off at 6:00 a.m tomorrow". Is it a: run off b: start off
c: begin off or d: set off? And the answer is d: set off. Because set off means to start a journey.
"We'll have to set off at 6 a.m tomorrow". Set off can also mean something like to "set off an alarm"
as well which is a bit strange so you could say "don't open that door it will set off the
alarm!" it will start the alarm so you might also hear it like that. But mainly we use it to start
a journey. And that's about it! How many did you get right? Please leave a comment down below with
how many you got correct out of eight. If you got eight out of eight great! If you got seven,
great! If you got one, great! It doesn't matter! All that matters is that you're making the effort
to learn these phrasal verbs. Trust me it will all be worth it. Thank you so much for watching.
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