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Before we begin with morning phrasal verbs,
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I wake up when my alarm goes off.
And then I turn off the alarm clock.
I throw back the covers and get out of bed.
I fill up a glass of water.
And turn on the shower.
I step into the shower.
When I'm done, I turn off the shower.
I dry off with a towel.
I open up my closet and pick out some clothes to wear.
Should I dress up?
Or maybe dress down.
I kick off my slippers and get dressed.
I pull up my sock.
I put on my shoe.
And zip up the back of it.
I stand up.
I button up my jacket.
But, I don't think it looks that good.
So, I take it off.
And hang it up.
I pull up the covers and turn down the sheet.
I tuck everything in.
And then plump up the pillows.
Now that you've seen the video, can you tell the story about what happened?
Let's look at the video again, and this time, you tell the story.
See if you can tell the story in the present tense.
Great!
OK, now one last exercise just for fun.
Let's tell the story in the past tense.
Ready?
Let's go.
I woke up when my alarm went off.
I turned it off.
I threw back the covers and got out of bed.
I filled up a glass of water.
I turned on the shower and stepped into it.
I turned off the shower when I was done.
I dried off with a towel.
I opened up my closet door and picked out some clothes to wear.
I dressed up.
I dressed down.
I kicked off my slippers.
I pulled up my sock and put on my shoe.
I zipped up the back of it.
I stood up.
I buttoned up my jacket.
But, I didn't really like it so I took it off.
I hung it up.
I pulled up the covers on my bed.
And then I turned down the sheet.
And I tucked everything in.
I plumped up my pillows.
Now it's your turn.
Go back to the blank video and see if you can tell it again, but this time in the past
tense.
If you find that you're having trouble, check out this video.
It will help you with your pronunciation, with spelling, and with irregular verbs.
OK.
I'll see you next time on New York in Slow English.