hi i'm vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm are you ready for a phrasal
verb quiz let's talk about it in today's
special phrasal verb quiz video Dan's
gonna ask you 5 questions featuring an
important up phrasal verb concept he's
gonna read a sentence and there are
gonna be three options you can choose
which of the three options is the best
fit for that sentence and after he reads
the sentence you'll have five seconds to
choose which one is the correct one in
the poll feature up here so you're gonna
see a little tab come across the screen
and you can click it and choose which
answer you think is correct and then
after that I'll explain why that answer
is correct and how you can use this in
other situations let's get started with
the quiz question number one my mom is
coming to visit I need to the house I
need to clean up the house I need to
finish up the house I need to do up the
house mmm clean up finish up do up
what's the answer Vanessa thanks so much
Dan the answer to question number one is
my mom is coming to visit I need to
clean up the house why is cleanup the
best phrasal verb for this sentence well
the rule that we're gonna be talking
about today with up phrasal verbs is all
of these verbs are talking about doing
an action but also finishing that action
so you are cleaning the house but you
are also finishing cleaning the house
and that is what the up part of this
phrasal verb signifies that you are yes
you're cleaning the house maybe you're
vacuuming or mopping or dusting or
tidying up but you are also finishing
the task so let's see how this is used
in other sentences for questions 2 3 4
and 5 let's go to question number 2
question
- at the end of the month we usually all
of our purchases we usually use up all
of our purchases we usually add up all
of our purchases we usually heat up all
of our purchases use up add up heat up
what's the answer Vanessa thanks Dan in
question number two the best answer is
at the end of the month we usually add
up all of our purchases we add up all of
our purchases you can imagine that I
keep all of the receipts all of the
things that I've bought I have a lot of
numbers and then at the end of the month
I'm going to add them but I'm not just
going to add them I'm going to finish
the task so here we have the same rule
we're using an action verb ad but we're
adding up to show that the task is
finished I finish adding all of the
things at the end of the month that I
purchased okay let's go to question
number three question number three I
thought he didn't like coffee but he the
whole pot he used up the whole pot he
threw up the whole pot he drank up the
whole pot hmm used up threw up drink up
what's the answer Vanessa great senate's
Dan
incidence number three the best answer
is I thought he didn't like coffee but
he drank up the whole pot do you see a
theme here he's not just drinking some
coffee he is finishing the whole pot of
coffee there is an action drinking and a
finishing of that action so we're adding
up he drank up the whole pot now you
might be thinking why can't we use
used-up he used up the whole pot well in
this situation used up is gonna
be better for some other kind of task
you're gonna see that a little bit later
in another question but here we're
talking about a liquid so drink up is
our best option
okay let's go to the next question
question number four I can't believe how
fast my baby is my baby is growing up my
baby is finishing up my baby is turning
up hmm growing up finishing up turning
up what's the answer Vanessa great
Senate's Dan the best answer for
question number four is I can't believe
how fast my baby is growing up here we
have an action verb to grow and then
we're adding up to make this a phrasal
verb but we already talked about how all
of these phrasal verbs signify finishing
a task has my baby finished growing not
really if I said my baby is grown up
this means he has finished growing he is
an adult but I didn't say that
instead the sentence is my baby is
growing up we're using the present
continuous so here I'm showing that
there is an action that's continually
happening but one day it will be
finished one day he will grow up he will
be an adult and he will probably stop
growing he's not gonna grow forever all
right let's talk about the final
question question number five question
number five when you all the shampoo
please buy a new one when you pack up
all the shampoo when you clean up all
the shampoo when you use up all the
shampoo pack up clean up use up what's
the answer Vanessa how did you do on
this final sentence sentence number five
the best way to say this is when you use
up all the shampoo please buy a new one
use up we have our action
verb use plus up what do you think this
means when the shampoo is completely
gone when you use it up when you use it
up so when the shampoo is finished when
it is gone please buy a new one you
might be wondering Vanessa can I use up
with this idea of finishing for other
action verbs yes you can make a lot of
phrasal verbs with this concept for
example let's imagine that you have a
lot of homework well when you're
finished you could say I finished up all
my homework or maybe if you have some
soup from yesterday and you want to eat
it for lunch today you could say I need
to heat up my soup I need to heat it up
or you might say before I go on vacation
I should pack up my car I need to pack
up my suitcase or when the police are
following you don't speed up it's not a
good idea I hope that all of these
examples are useful to you did you enjoy
this quiz with Dan thanks so much Dan
for joining me in this video I hope you
enjoyed it I hope you learned a lot let
me know in the comments below how many
did you get correct did you get all five
correct did you get four or three or two
or one or maybe none but now I hope you
understand this concept better and I
hope you can use it yourself maybe let
me know in the comments what are some
other action verbs that you can add with
up to signify finishing a task thanks so
much for learning with me and I'll see
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