Phrasal verbs with PUT! I love the word PUT! And I love phrasal verbs!
My name is Toby, this is SMASH English and here is
every phrasal verb with put that you need to know for the B2 First Cambridge exam!
PUT AWAY: to return an object to its usual place. Separable and transitive.
And I think that this phrasal verb needs a song!
Put it away! Yeah! Oh my... You are terrible at that, aren't you!? Ugh!
Put the guitar away! No one needs to hear that! All right! Fine! But I use my art to help people
learn! I'm an educator and an artist... together....
Oh my God you bloody moron, Tobias! But nothing broke! So we succeeded!!!!!
PUT ASIDE: to save something so you can use it later. Separable and transitive. You could put
money aside because you are saving for a holiday, a phone or a bigger cage for your pet rat.
You could put some time aside. This means to keep some time free to do something that you want
or need to do. For example: right now you are putting some time aside to watch this video and
you definitely have nothing better to be doing so maybe after this video watch another video!
Why not this video all about phrasal verbs with TURN? It's great! You could put an argument aside.
This does not mean finish the argument, instead stop the argument for now but we will return to it
later. PUT BACK. Definition 1: to return an object to its original place. Separable and transitive.
This sounds very similar to PUT AWAY so is there a difference between PUT BACK and PUT AWAY?
Well yes, there is! But the difference is very subtle. If you put something away it
suggests that you cannot see the object anymore. Here is my hand, you can see it! I put it away
and it is now away from view, you cannot see it. Now I can put my hand back to its original
position. If you put something back you are returning it to its original position but it is
usually visible. Here is an example: when I went shopping with my mother when I was a little boy
I always wanted to have sweets. I would pick up the sweets and say "mum, I want sweets!" and my
terrible abusive mother would say "Toby you cannot have sweets! You have too many sweets!
Put the sweets back!" I put them back in front of my mother so my mother can see where I am putting
them to make sure I'm not stealing them. If she says PUT them AWAY maybe that means...
PUT AWAY usually means away from sight. PUT BACK: return to the original place where I can see them.
Definition two: to postpone something. Separable and transitive.
Because of COVID we've put our holiday back until...
we don't know when. Me and my fiance have had a terrible argument so we have had to
put the wedding back! Can we put the interview back a few days? I am very busy at the moment.
PUT DOWN. Definition one: to place something onto a surface. Separable and transitive.
You could put down a plate or you could put down your beer. Put down a beer!? That's your example!?
Why would anyone do that!? Well... society, mate! The world is going mad! We've got COVID and people
putting down their beers!? Makes no sense to me! This book about being a Cambridge examiner is so
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Definition two: to insult someone. Separable and transitive.
So then, Monica, I know I told you to put your arguments aside with Bruce but I'm curious... Why
were you arguing? Well he always puts me down and he always says that I've got a beard and it's not
true! I say it all the time, it's my skin but he never even listens!
Definition three: to decrease. Separable and transitive. You could put the volume down
or put the price of something down. PUT OFF. Definition 1: to make someone not like
something anymore or to make someone not want to do something anymore. Separable and transitive.
All right then Monica! I am sorry for saying that you have a beard! You don't have a beard,
it is just your skin, all right? Really Bruce!? Do you mean it? Yeah, yeah. And actually I think
you're pretty and I would like to go on a date with you! Yeah! Don't! Don't! Sorry, I can't! I
can't! It just... it puts me off... it puts me off! I'm sorry! I can't do it! Definition two:
to postpone something. Separable and transitive. I was so tired so I put off doing my homework.
I've been putting off writing my CV for so long I must finish it on Sunday. Toby! Toby! Again! PUT
BACK sounds very similar to PUT OFF! What's the difference? Again there is a little difference.
If you put something back it suggests you have no choice. We couldn't play football
because of the rain so we put it back. You're postponing something. If you put something off,
well it can be that it's raining so you cannot play or maybe you are just lazy... like me...
and you keep putting things off because you would rather record videos like this, alone, at home,
for no views, money, comment, nothing. Nothing! Why do I do it!?
PUT ON. Definition one: to wear something. Separable and transitive. You could put on
a watch, put on a dress, put on your shoes, put on a ring. Yeah. Definition two: to supply
energy to an electrical device. Separable and transitive. You could put the kettle on.
You could put the tv on. So here PUT ON is the same as TURN ON and the same as SWITCH ON,
but there is a difference because you can also put on things that require electrical devices to use.
For example you can put on some music. Music is not an electrical device
but it requires an electrical device to play: an mp3 player, a laptop, a cd player if you are
a grandparent... So for this reason you can put on a film. A film is not an electrical
device but you need an electrical device to press play on a film. So you put a film on
the dvd player, the computer, right? You can put music on the cd player if you're a grandparent or
the computer if you are a modern cool guy or girl like me... and everyone else. I'm not special,
I'm not special. Oh and a quick bonus that you need to know! Very common! You PUT ON weight. This
means to become fatter, bigger, heavier. We've all done that recently, right!? Yeah, look at
these cheeks... it's disgusting! Definition three: to organize an event. Separable and transitive.
You could put on a play. You could put on a concert. You could put on a dinner party.
PUT OUT. Definition one: to stop something burning. Separable and transitive. In my
video about all the phrasal verbs with go we discussed the phrasal verb GO OUT which also
describes a fire being extinguished. So what's the difference then between GO OUT
and PUT OUT. GO OUT is intransitive. It doesn't require an object. The fire went out.
Finished. PUT OUT is transitive. Toby put out the fire. That's the difference. Phrasal
verbs with GO? If you're interested: video! Fantastic! If I do say so myself... Definition 2:
to produce information for people to read, watch or hear. Separable and transitive. The newspaper
has put out a terrible story concerning the rise in crime. The president has put out a statement
urging citizens not to worry. The police have put out a warning to the criminals responsible.
Definition three: to place something outside your house. Separable and transitive. Put the rubbish
out or if the dog is being very naughty you might have to put the dog out too! PUT TOGETHER.
Combine things to make something new. Separable and transitive. Hey do you like this outfit that
I've put together? It's a white t-shirt... Monica! You've still got a beard! Don't spend your time
shopping! Just have a shave! I can't do this anymore! I don't deserve this abuse! I can't,
I can't do it anymore. I'm done. I'm done, all right? I'm done. Again... again with the beard
comments, Bruce. Come on! And there is one more. The most difficult! PUT UP! And you can find
everything you need to know about this phrasal verb in my video about the five most difficult
phrasal verbs for the B2 First Cambridge exam so make sure you check that video out when this video
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