How well do you know phrasal verbs in English? Well let's find out in this video. First,
you're going to test your knowledge to see how well you know these 10 phrasal verbs and after
I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail. Let's get started question 1. She's not
she's just really good at basketball.
Now I'll only give you three seconds to answer the question. So hit pause,
take as much time as you need. And when you're ready, hit play.
She's not showing off question. 2 is hard to meditate when my kids keep
When my kids keep barging in question 3,
we've been friends for 20 years. I'm not going to let this
I'm not going to let this come between us question for. It's amazing how fast the company
after the pandemic.
The company. Bounced back. Question, five, I need to call the garage. My car's been all week.
My car's been acting out question. Sinks his speech, didn't the urgency of the situation.
His speech didn't get across question 7 just can close any deal. We can
We can count on her question 8. I can't give you the day off tomorrow, but I can.
By letting you leave early.
I can make it up to you
question nine. They said the price is too high but give them a week. They'll
They'll come around question 10. My boss always makes me stay late. I don't know why I
I put up with it. How did you do with the quiz? Share your score in the comments below and don't
worry if it was difficult because now I'm going to explain every phrasal verb in detail. Number
one to come around to an opinion or an idea. And this means to change your opinion or to see a
new point of view. Now, notice the sentence structure because we have two prepositions
Oceans around and two. And then after two, we need something,
we need a noun, an opinion or an idea. For example, I came around to the new
job
after I heard about the benefits package.
So remember, this means you change your opinion. So previously, you didn't want the new job,
but now you've come around to it. So you've changed your opinion.
And now you want the new job because you heard about the benefits package,
we commonly use this without the preposition to and without specifying the something.
When the something has already been mentioned, for example, at first,
I didn't want to move to Boston, but I came around after I visited. So notice, I didn't say I came
around to something because the something had already been mentioned. So I came around to
the idea after I visited number two, to get across a point or a message. And this is when
you clearly and effectively communicate a point or a message. For example, make sure you get
Pause that the project is over budget.
So if you're having a meeting with a client and your boss has this very particular message
or idea the project is over budget and your boss wants you to communicate that in a clear
effective way your boss wants to make sure you get that across. Now we also use this
when
you're talking, you're talking, you're talking and the ideas aren't really coming out very well.
Well, and after a, while you stop and you say, what? I'm trying to get across is,
and then you state your point. What I'm trying to get across is the project is
over budget. Number three, is to show off. This is when you deliberately
display your skills or abilities in a way to impress other people. Now this
Is frequently used in the - don't show off. Don't show off but there's definitely a time
and a place when you want to show off for example when you're going to a job interview,
you shouldn't be modest. You should show off your skills and abilities. You should talk
about all your Awards, your accomplishments, your degrees, the compliments you've received
You want to show off all of your experience to the interviewer. So an interview is the
perfect time to show off. Also, if you're going for your IELTS exam,
you don't want to be modest with your knowledge of the English language. You want to show off
your abilities by using a range of grammatical structures and a range
of phrasal verbs and idioms and expressions you want to show off
To the interviewer number for to count
on.
Now, this is exactly the same as to rely on or to depend on. So you have three different
phrasal verbs, all with on that mean the exact same thing. And this is of course, when you trust
someone or something to complete a specific task or objective, for example, I can always count on
tan, Selma to stay late. So you can trust Selma to complete the specific task or objective,
which is to stay late. And remember, you could replace this with rely on,
I can always rely on Selma or depend on. I can always depend on Selma. Now we frequently use this
in a question response for example, can I count on you? Can I count on you to close the door?
He'll and then you can reply back and say absolutely You Can Count On Me. Number five
to come between. Now, this is when something disturbs a relationship and that relationship
can be a professional relationship, a social relationship romantic family relationship.
It can be any kind of relationship, for example. Jacob and Marcus were
Friends until Sylvie came between them. So that's the image. You could have,
they were close Jacob, and Marcus but then Sylvie
came
between them and now they're divided Sylvie Disturbed. Their relationship now is very common
for a girl or a guy to come between a relationship but it doesn't have to be a person. It could be
Jacob and Marcus were very close, but the promotion came between them,
the new job came between them, their family came between them, their politics came between them,
their religion came between them, it could be anything came between them money is a good one,
as well, that comes between people in relationships, and remember,
you can use this in any type of relationship. Number 6 to put up,
Up with something or someone and notice this is a to preposition phrasal verb, put up with put up
with. And we use this to say that you tolerate bad behavior or unwanted Behavior to put up with. For
example, I don't know how you put up with your boss. I don't know how you tolerate your boss.
No, of course, we can be more specific and specify the action that the boss does. I don't know how
you put up with your boss's constant criticism, for example, or your boss's distasteful jokes,
for example, I don't know how you tolerate it. Now, we commonly use this to say, I'm
not
going to put up with and then the behavior
I'm not going to put up with your constant criticism any longer number
seven to bounce back. Now, to bounce back, this is when you recover or recuperate,
now, you can use this when you recover from a negative situation in a business context, like,
for example, a bad sales quarter or a bad product,
For example, but it can also be when you recover or recuperate from an illness so you can use it
in both. Those situations, for example, in a workplace situation, you could say,
I don't know how we'll bounce back from our laws in Q2, so I don't know how we'll recover and then
you could have a discussion. How can we bounce back? Does anyone have any ideas on how we can?
Bounce back. Now, in terms of recovering or recuperating from an illness, you could say,
it took me a while to bounce, back after my surgery. So it took me a
while to recover recuperate. Number 8, act up this means to behave badly or strangely.
This is very commonly used with parents describing the
Shins of their young children or even their older
children.
My son keeps acting up behaving badly, but we can also use this with devices
and objects. For example, my computer keeps acting up behaving, strangely,
my computer keeps acting up. I hope it doesn't break number 9, to make it up to someone.
This is quite a long one. So pay attention to this sentence structure to make it up to
someone. Now we use this when you try to compensate for a wrongdoing, for example,
let's say it's your best friend's birthday and you can't go for whatever reason. So this
is the wrongdoing, not going to your best friend's birthday party.
Now, if you want to compensate for that wrongdoing you could say. I'm so sorry.
I can't make your birthday party. I promise. I'll make it up to you. I'll
make it up to you by taking you out for a nice dinner. I'll make it up to you by
going to the movies with you. I'll make it up to you by buying you a really nice present.
So those are the ways you're going to compensate now, you might be wondering what is this? It
the make it up to someone. We use it with it because what, you're trying to compensate for
has
already been explained? So you don't have to say it again. Now
you can use this in a business context. Let's say you went over
budget on a client's project and you might say to your team. How
Are we going to make it up to the client? How are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing?
The wrongdoing is, you went over budget and then maybe someone would suggest we can make it up to
them by offering a discount or offering a free product offering an extra service. So
those are how you're going to compensate for the wrongdoing to make it up to someone number 10 to.
Barge in, when you barge in, you enter a place, a location unexpectedly and you
interrupt whatever's taking place. For example, I was in my office working and
this kid just barged in and handed me his CV. But later, I hired him.
So, by saying the kid barged in it, implies that he didn't have an appointment. He wasn't.
Did he just barged in unexpectedly and he interrupted? Whatever I was working on,
but in this case, it was successful, because he got the job. Now, that you understand,
these phrasal verbs, a lot better. Let's do that. Exact same quiz from
the very beginning. Again here, are the questions for the quiz. You need to
complete
each sentence using the correct phrasal verb. So, go ahead and hit pause now.
Now, and complete the quiz.
Here are the correct answers. Go ahead and hit pause and see how well you did.
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