Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English with Jennifer. You may know that I'm a mother of
two. My son and daughter are teenagers now, so if you first saw them when they were toddlers,
you'd be surprised to see how big they are.
Kids truly grow up fast. My children got older and, well, so did I!
"Grow up" is intransitive, and it means to become older, but it's more than age. It's also about
becoming more mature. So, when someone behaves immaturely, you may hear the criticism, "Grow up!"
Do you know as my children grew up, they began to learn things even faster than me. This is
true about technology. They can set up a new phone or a new tablet quite easily. In contrast, I tend
to have a frustrating experience when I set up a new computer. It's hard to arrange everything.
We can use "set up" for putting things in order or getting some piece of technology ready for use.
This is a transitive phrasal verb, and it's separable. Set up a computer. Set
it up. An administrative assistant can set up a meeting. When you first start on social media,
you have to set up an account. You have to create it and get all the details in order.
Guess one more meaning. Before I film a new video, I have to set up my equipment.
The answer is C - install. It's like getting things ready for use, but we're talking about
something physical. Set up equipment. Set up a tripod. Set up folding chairs and tables.
Do you know that my kids were on Instagram before I was? They had to help me set up my
account and make my first post. They turned out to be a good source of information.
They proved to have the knowledge I needed to get started.
"Turn out" is intransitive, and it's used in both spoken and written English. It means that
someone or something proves to be a certain way or a situation happens a certain way.
They turned out to be helpful. Things turned out well.
It turned out that they could give me all the help I needed.
Can you think of a situation that turned out differently from what you expected?
Was it a pleasant or unpleasant surprise?
Sometimes we set things up carefully, thinking we've prepared for every possibility, but still
something ruins our plans. In that case, we just have to handle the situation as best we can.
A child may cry over a ruined party, but a grown-up knows how to handle difficulties.
Let me point out how we sometimes form compound nouns and modifiers from phrasal verbs.
Can you complete these sentences with the correct compound words?
I'll go back and use some of the phrasal verbs from earlier lessons.
1. When children grow up, they become grown-ups.
2. If you need help setting up software, then you need help with setup.
3. Airports allow you to pick someone up
right outside the terminal. That's why they have pickup zones.
4. Parents who hear about weird things going on in
a classroom would likely complain to the principal about unusual goings-on.
5. If you want to transport a couch or a bed to a new home,
it helps if you know someone with a pickup.
6. At 15, Maddie was ready for a grown-up conversation with her parents about her future.
We've now covered the 12 most common phrasal verbs in English.
Have you found out anything new? Are you picking up the meanings as well as the grammar? Remember
to learn both the definitions and the uses of each phrasal verb. We'll end here. Please like
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