Do you want to start using phrasal verbs in your speech? So you sound more fluent in advance
and natural. Well, that's exactly what you'll do today. Because in this lesson,
you're going to learn 10, Common phrasal verbs that you can use every day. Now,
first, I'm going to quiz you to see how well, you know, these phrasal verbs. And then after
the quiz, I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail. Let's get started. Question 1.
I used to play video games every day, but eventually I
Now I'll only give you three seconds to answer,
so if you need more time hit pause and whenever you're ready, hit play.
Grew out of it question to do. You know why? Sarah of the meeting earlier today?
Walked out of the meeting question, 3, can you add mustard to the shopping list? I just
I just used it on question for you. Should your old books to your community store?
You should give away question 5. The bridge is because there was an accident.
The bridge is blocked off. Question sinks my boss said we can with canceling, the contract.
We can go ahead, question. 7, my company using cell phones during work hours.
My company frowns on question 8. I'm sorry. I at you during the meeting I overreacted.
Last out. Question 9, can you help me this error?
Sort out question 10. The presentation was really long so I for a bit.
So I wandered off. So how did you do with that quiz? Was it easy or was it difficult? Well,
now I'm going to explain every phrasal verb in detail. Number one to block off.
This is when you obstruct an exit to prevent people from leaving. This is a
very common phrasal verb because on your daily commute to work. You may have to
To take a detour, which means take an alternative route because your regular exit is blocked off. So
let's say you get to work 15 minutes late, you can say, sorry, I'm late, Main Street was blocked off
and most likely that street or exit is blocked off. Because of construction is also possible
that
there was an accident.
Perhaps, there's something like a parade or a protest that's preventing people
from using that exit number two, to lash out. When you lash out,
it means you react angrily. You react with very strong negative emotion. So
this phrasal verb is negative and its use in a negative way. So you might
It's a, she lashed out when I suggested a different approach.
So you shared an opinion and the person reacted very negatively,
very angrily. They lashed out. Now, for this phrasal verb, it's very common to
say at someone, she lashed out at me when I suggested a different approach the answer,
One is optional, you don't need to do it but it can be very useful to specify who. So,
if you want to specify the person, then we use at someone, she lashed out at,
Jim she lashed out at us, it could be the entire group,
she lashed out at the client. And then, you can explain the reason why she lashed out.
The client because the payment was late number three to walk out. When you
walk
out, it means you leave a place angrily. So we have another phrasal verb with angrily.
You leave a place angrily. So let's say you're meeting with your boss to discuss
your performance. Now, maybe you were expecting a 20%.
He's a raise, is a pay increase, a twenty percent pay increase but your boss only
offered you two percent. You might say after my boss offered me two percent,
I walked out. So you left the room, you left the office, the meeting, but you didn't just
leave you left. Angrily. Angrily. That's the key here. So combining our last phrasal verb to last
A shout to react angrily. We can say after she lashed out at me, I walked out number for to sort
out. This means to resolve a problem. Now, we can use this with a business, professional problem.
For example, let's say your payment processor isn't working and you can accept payments.
Ends. You might say, we need to sort this out ASAP. We need to resolve this problem. ASAP,
or who can we call to sort this out? So you can absolutely use this in a professional business
context.
When there's a problem, we commonly use this, with personal issues,
with relationship issues, when you have a problem with another person. So let's say you
And your sister haven't spoken in months because of a disagreement maybe your sister lashed out at
you and then you walked out of her birthday party and you haven't spoken sense. Well,
someone might suggest some ways you can sort it out. You need to sort it out with your sister. You
need to resolve the problem. And in this case, the problem is a personal problem. So this is a great
Verb to use for a business context and a personal context. Number five to use up. This is when you
finish or consume 100 percent of something. So all of something and that's very important because
I could say I used the olive oil so I consumed the olive oil but when I just say use it doesn't
Tell you how much, how much, olive oil did I use? I use the olive oil,
but if I say, I used up the olive oil then, you know, I used 100% of the olive oil. So there
is none left for you or for someone else and you have to get more. So, I could say, I used
all
the olive oil when I say,
All the olive oil, all means 100%. So that is exactly the same as I used up. The olive
oil number six to wander off. This is when you leave a place, when you're not supposed to or you
leave a place without telling other people. Now this is commonly used with children. So
Mother might say, I have to watch my daughter like a hawk or she'll wander off so little kids,
they might not stay in a room, they might wander off and go into another room but
of course that can be dangerous if nobody is watching that child. So, this is commonly used
with young children but we can also use it with adults. So let's say you're on a
Z. Mm tour and you're in a foreign country on a Museum tour. Now you're
supposed to stay with the Museum tour. You're not supposed to wander off and
just go look at other areas of the museum, but you might say the tour was boring. So
I wandered off number 7 to grow out of. This is when you lose interest.
In something. So to lose interest, you're no longer interested in something because
you're
older or more mature. For example, a lot of young kids play video games for hours and
hours and hours, but as an adult, you might grow out of it. So you no longer do that,
you no longer play video games for hours, and hours and hours. Because
Older you're more mature a number 8 to go ahead. This means to proceed. This is a
very useful phrasal verb. We use it commonly to give someone permission to do something.
So your coworker might ask you is it okay? If I send the email to the client,
and you can say, sure, go ahead, go ahead. Which means proceed
Proceed with sending the email go ahead. Now, you can just say go ahead, period? Or you can
specify what the action is. You can say, go ahead and send the email or go ahead with and we need a
gerund. Go ahead with sending the email and send the email with sending the email so pay attention.
And shown to that sentence structure number nine to give away. This means to provide for
free. So this is a great phrasal verb for me. I could say, I give away my
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let's say you have a lot of items from your kids,
But your kids are grown up now, but you have a lot of their clothes, their toys,
even furniture for your kids. You might want to give that away. So you can provide it to
another parent or someone else for free. We gave away all our kids clothes when they moved out.
So when you want to get rid of something in your house, you can sell it, or you can give it away.
Provide it for free. And finally number, 10 to frown on, this means to disapprove of something.
So you might say, my boss disapproves of casual clothes so you can say,
my boss frowns on wearing casual clothes, notice our sentence structure, frowns on wearing,
we need our Jaron verb. Now that you feel more comfortable with these,
Phrasal verbs. How about we do? The exact same quiz again so you can see
how much you've improved here. Are the questions. Hit pause,
take as much time as you need, and when you're ready, hit play to see the answers.
Here are the answers. Hit pause. Take as much time
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