hello and welcome to this month's
month's grammar focus lesson this
this month will be covering phrasal
phrasal verbs one of the most important
important parts of native spoken english
english phrasal verbs are made of
of two or more words usually a verb
verb and a preposition and are often
often used to make a more advanced
advanced verb easier to understand
understand formal and more advanced
advanced he dismounted the horse more
more conversational phrasal verb he
he got off the horse to keep phrasal
phrasal verbs simple just remember
remember these four keys 1like
1like mediums it's often hard to understand
understand the meaning of a phrasal
phrasal verb by looking at the words
words comprising it phrasal
phrasal verb I'm down with that plan
plan
plan meaning
meaning i agree with and support that
that plan to depending on the situation
situation
situation a
a phrasal verb can have different
different meanings he
he put down the worm he placed the
the worm on some surface he
he put down the worm he mercifully
mercifully killed the worm as it was
was in pain three some phrasal verbs
verbs can be separated they want to
to break up the company they want
want to break the company up for
for phrasal verbs often make regular
regular verbs more conversational
conversational without really changing
changing their meanings basic sentence
sentence
sentence I
I cleaned the table more conversational
conversational I cleaned up the table
table
table ultimately
ultimately it's best just to master
master phrasal verbs by seeing them
them in context so
so that's exactly what we'll be doing
doing in this video lesson the
the phrasal verbs you'll meet are
are grouped in families listen
listen for the similarities in contrast
contrast within each family and you'll
you'll remember the individual phrasal
phrasal verbs much faster as you watch
watch listen for how the words of
of each phrasal verb blend together
together and be ready to answer my
my questions here
here we go on think of being physically
physically on connected with or touching
touching the surface of something
something work on I've
I've been working on this paper airplane
airplane for two hours I've
I've been creating this paper airplane
airplane for two hours be in on I
I was in on the plan to steal the
the bear i was involved in the plan
plan to steal the bear go
go on about he's always going on about
about his favorite pen he's
he's always talking too much about
about his favorite pan grow on I
I didn't like this color before but
but it's really grown on me I
I didn't like this color before but
but I've developed positive feelings
feelings for it load
load up on I load up on snacks when
when I go fishing I
I by bring or pack a lot of snacks
snacks when I go fishing pick
pick up on if
if you listen closely you can pick
pick up on the meanings of phrasal
phrasal verbs if you listen closely
closely you can naturally notice the
the meanings of phrasal verbs if you
you work on mastering phrasal verbs
verbs
verbs will
will you build your fluency nice I
I hope you're picking up on the importance
importance of phrasal verbs off think
think of separating moving away from
from or leaving something take
take off my teaching career has taken
taken off since i began making videos
videos my teaching career has progressed
progressed well since i began making
making videos last off the roll of
of toilet paper blasted off for the
the moon
the moon the
the roll of toilet paper left the
the ground quickly for the moon break
break off I broke off a piece of chocolate
chocolate to eat I
I quickly separated a piece of chocolate
chocolate to eat call
call off my vacation was called off
off because of bad weather my
my vacation was cancelled because
because of bad weather polish
polish off I polished off the chocolate
chocolate
chocolate so
so my wife might be angry i finished
finished the chocolate so
so my wife might be angry scare off
off
off sometimes
sometimes I opened my window quickly
quickly to scare off the crows sometimes
sometimes I opened my window quickly
quickly to frighten the crows and
and make them leave if
if you break off a relationship with
with someone did it and we'll know
know it probably didn't what
what would you say about an athlete
athlete if his career is going well
well
well his
his career is taking off great
great into think of entering or joining
joining something look
look into he's been looking into what's
what's wrong with his stomach all
all day he's been investigating and
and researching what's wrong with
with his stomach all day be in two
two I've been in two air guitar for
for many years I've been interested
interested in air guitar for many
many years hack
hack into these tried to hack into
into my online bank account thieves
thieves tried to access my online
online bank account without permission
permission rope
rope into I was roped into doing my
my friends math homework though I
I didn't want to i was convinced to
to do my friends math homework run
run into the bear ran into the word
word on the street the
the bear accidentally met the worm
worm on the street rush
rush into you shouldn't rush into
into buying a new home you
you shouldn't buy a new home quickly
quickly and without thinking did
did someone try to rush into my online
online bank account or hack into it
it
it yes
yes they tried to hack into it now
now i'm looking into what happened
happened out think
think of something expiring happening
happening or concluding try out I
I tried out a new diet but stopped
stopped when I got hungry i
i tested a new diet but stopped when
when I got hungry makeout the bear
bear and the worm were making out
out on the pillow the
the bear and the word were kissing
kissing passionately on the pillow
pillow sell out I
I wanted to buy a new computer but
but they were all sold out I
I wanted to buy a new computer but
but they had all been sold shell
shell out i shelled out twenty bucks
bucks for this piece of paper I
I reluctantly paid twenty dollars
dollars which i think is way too expensive
expensive for this piece of paper
paper tune out I
I like to tune out the world with
with music when I get stressed I like
like to ignore or not pay attention
attention to the world with music
music when I get stressed reach out
out to I reached out to friends and
and family when
when I needed money I contacted and
and asked for help from friends and
and family when I needed money would
would you like to make out with a
a bear
a bear no
no but they're so cute do
do think about trying it out someday
someday up think of increasing or
or arriving at something warm up to
to
to I've
I've been warming up to the idea of
of swimming with sharks I've
I've been slowly accepting and embracing
embracing the idea of swimming with
with sharks come up with I
I came up with a solution to the problem
problem
problem I
I thought of a solution to the problem
problem
problem pop
pop up when problems pop up you
you just need to solve them when problems
problems appear unexpectedly you
you just need to solve them windup
windup
windup I
I wound up losing all my money at
at the casino the
the final result was that I lost all
all my money at the casino stay
stay up on I like to stay up on world
world news I
I like to always know the latest world
world news wrap-up it's
it's time to wrap up this introduction
introduction to phrasal verbs and
and see some in a story it's
it's time to conclude this introduction
introduction to phrasal verbs and
and see some in a story you
you can think of an idea or you can
can what
can what yes
yes you can come up with an idea and
and when a good idea pops up in your
your mind
your mind be
be sure to write it down now listen
listen to a short story with some
some more advanced formal sounding
sounding verbs throughout
throughout history people have created
created an array of interesting societies
societies the culture of each society
society is composed of elements like
like religion language and dress the
the foundation of every society is
is its climate and environment some
some groups of people raise their
their children in lush jungles while
while others live difficult lives
lives in harsh deserts different environments
environments contribute to the development
development of diverse lifestyles
lifestyles and housing homes range
range from gigantic skyscrapers -
- portable structures you can disassemble
disassemble in some locations you
you can even survive and a minimally
minimally acceptable level with building
building materials as simple as sticks
sticks and leaves beyond providing
providing food animals are one of
of the biggest sources of the cultures
cultures art clothing and transportation
transportation people have traveled
traveled from place to place in boats
boats made from animal bones and skins
skins
skins they
they also ride animals and use them
them to power vehicles continued
continued human progress depends on
on the further advancement of Technology
Technology the basic tools and writing
writing systems of the past have been
been replaced by the supercomputers
supercomputers of the present future
future generations will surely give
give even more miraculous innovations
innovations to subsequent generations
generations we may look different
different and tend to prefer our own
own comfortable cultures but we're
we're all still human when
when we realize just how similar we
we are
we are we
we will accomplish truly create things
things now i'll replace the more advanced
advanced verbs with phrasal verbs
verbs in this version of the story
story
story listen
listen carefully and allow your brain
brain to understand the meanings of
of each phrasal verb naturally throughout
throughout history people have brought
brought forth an array of interesting
interesting societies the culture
culture of each society is made up
up of elements like religion language
language and dress the foundation
foundation of every society is its
its climate and environment some
some groups of people bring up children
children in lush jungles while others
others
others eek
eek out livings in harsh deserts different
different environments lead to the
the development of diverse lifestyles
lifestyles and housing homes range
range from gigantic skyscrapers -
- portable structures you can take
take apart in
in some locations you can even get
get by with building materials as
as simple as sticks and leaves beyond
beyond providing food animals are
are one of the biggest sources of
of the cultures art clothing and transportation
transportation people have gotten
gotten around in boats made from animal
animal bones and scans they
they also ride animals and use them
them to power vehicles continued human
human progress hinges upon the further
further advancement of Technology
Technology the basic tools and writing
writing systems of the past have given
given way to the supercomputers of
of the present future generations
generations will surely pass down
down even more miraculous innovations
innovations we may look different
different and tend to cling to our
our own comfortable cultures but we're
we're all still human when
when we figure out just how similar
similar we are we
we will accomplish truly great things
things listen for these words in your
your daily life keep
keep practicing and have a great day