Hello everyone! Welcome to the next video in our phrasal verb challenge series.
In today's video we are going to learn phrasal verbs about the grocery store. Let's get started!
The five phrasal verbs we will learn about today are: pop into, run out, sell out, look around,
and shop around. These are all very useful phrasal verbs for talking about the grocery store
and for talking about grocery shopping in general. So, let's start with number one.
The first phrasal verb today is: pop into. To pop into means to go into a place briefly.
Which means for a short time. For example, I need to pop into the grocery store for some eggs.
This means we just go in quickly and then
go right back out. So when we just stop for one thing or two things, we pop into the store.
Our second phrasal verb today is: run out. To run out of something means to be used up or to be all
gone. There's no more left. We have run out of something. For example, I need to go shopping
soon, I've run out of milk. So, to run out of means you have no more left. You've run out.
Our third grocery store phrasal verb today is: sell out. To sell out means
to sell all of something. So, maybe you have a product or something you really want to buy,
but you go to the store and they say sorry we're sold out. It means we sold all of that thing that
you're looking for. So, in a sentence we could say: I'm sorry but the thanksgiving turkeys are
sold out. You'll have to look somewhere else. This means that there are no more turkeys.
We have sold them out, you have to go somewhere else.
We can use sold out to talk about anything that runs out after selling all of it.
So for example, here we see someone at a music venue maybe going to see a concert and the tickets
are sold out. So we can use this phrasal verb to talk about any time when a product or an item
is all gone. All of it sells. There are no more left, it is sold out.
Our fourth phrasal verb today is: look around.
To look around means to shop without a plan. So, you just walk into a store and look around.
You don't have a list. You're not looking for anything in particular.
You're just browsing or looking around. For example, someone might ask you in a grocery store:
Can I help you find anything? And you might say: no thanks, I'm just looking around.
I might buy some things that I suddenly decide that I want. I'm just looking around.
Our last phrasal verb today is: shop around.
To shop around means to shop at different places. To find the best price so you don't
do all your shopping at one store. You go to many places to try and find the best price.
For example, I like to shop around and find the best prices. I save so much money that way.
For example, prices of food are going up often. So, you might go to a few different stores to find
the cheapest vegetables or the cheapest milk. This means that you shop around.
Okay let's review our five phrasal verbs about shopping at the grocery store. First,
we have: pop into. Which means to just stop and go in quickly for maybe one or two things
and then leave you. Pop into the store.
Run out means you have no more of something. For example,
I have run out of coffee. I have no more coffee. I need to go buy some more because I ran out.
Sellout: this means that the store has sold all of some items. They have sold out. They have no more.
Next is: look around. Which means to shop without a plan. You just go in
and look around. Maybe you will buy something, maybe you won't. You're just looking around.
And finally shop around: which means to go to different stores to try to find the best price.
Okay everyone that's it for today's phrasal verb challenge video about grocery stores. See you in
the next video for more interesting phrasal verbs in our phrasal verb challenge. See you next time!