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okay let's talk about frozen verbs hello
and welcome to my introduction to
phrasal verbs so you've got a verb and a
preposition that you recognize but
together they mean something different
I'm going to explain how phrasal verbs
are formed the different types of
phrasal verbs and how they are used and
then I'll give you explanations of 10 of
the most common ones so how do we form a
phrasal verb well as I said before we
add a preposition to a verb for example
look which is our verb and then a
preposition could be out I look out of
the window however if I were to say look
out there the car the meaning has
changed because we've changed the
situation and the context so in this
case it would mean be careful there the
car so I'm going to guide you through
four important hints that will help you
use phrasal verbs more efficiently more
effectively it could also help your
reading and listening skills the first
hint is that you can't always understand
the phrasal verbs by looking at the
individual works a good example of this
is turn on turn on its own means to
rotate but together with on it means to
activate function I turn on the
television something completely
different that's why in your reading and
listening exams you mustn't listen word
by word you have to try and understand
the phrase as a whole so now on to hint
to one phrasal verb can have multiple
meanings we've got the same phrasal verb
take off here in two different
situations take off your jacket means
remove your jacket the plane takes off
soon means the plane leaves soon so how
can you know which of the meanings are
being intended
well the main way to
do this is to look at the context and
the situation around the phrasal verb so
here we've got a jacket well I know
jacket is clothing so it's probable that
it's going to mean remove I can see
plain here it's probably going to be
about something going into the air so
now for hint number three some phrasal
verbs are separable with the phrasal
verb to put on which means to start
wearing something we can use it in two
ways I can say I put on my dress and I
can also say I put my dress on this
object here can go between the verb and
the preposition the meaning doesn't
change you must learn which phrasal
verbs are separable and which aren't the
example before with takes off this
cannot be separated and finally number
four sometimes you can make a normal
verb sound more conversational or even
childish if you add a preposition for
example eat your dinner
eat up your dinner I would be more
inclined to say eat up your dinner to a
child the same goes for sit at the table
and sit down at the table the meaning
doesn't change it's just more
conversational or childish okay now
we've explained how they used I'm going
to give you ten really common and useful
phrasal verbs
starting with to break up we have two
meanings here Tom and Joe have broken up
this means that they've stopped their
relationship so sad and then we also
have school breaks up next week this
means that school finishes for the
holidays next we have carrion if you
want to speak better English you should
carry on
watch it carry on means to continue
then we have come on come on if you
don't hurry we'll miss the train
in this case come on means hurry the
next one is find out I need to find out
when the train leaves I need to discover
or become aware of when the train leaves
then we have get on or get along these
mean the same I get on very well with my
flatmates I have a good relationship
with my flatmates if I change well too
badly it means the opposite next we have
grow up I grew up in a village near to
London this means that I spent my
childhood or became an adult in a
village near to London if you are
behaving immaturely someone might say
grow up this could mean you need to
behave like an adult s we have look
after can you look after my dog this
week can you care for my dog this week
so the next one is pick up your phone is
ringing pick it up this means to answer
it the next one can you pick me up from
work can you collect me from work then
we have to run out oh no all my phone
battery has run out it has become empty
or finished and a final one throw away
this milk is too old I need to throw it
away I need to put it in the bin
that was just an introduction so there
is a lot more to learn and many more
phrasal verbs but I hope to do further
explanations and other videos on phrasal
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