FIVE! USEFUL, C1 Advanced phrasal verbs in FIVE minutes! Let's go!
To stem from means to be caused by or to result from. It is inseparable and transitive. Of course,
My love of SMASH English stems from Toby's good looks and marvellous sense of humor!
Her health problems stem from her sedentary lifestyle. This video stems from my desire to help
you! And yes this is a phrasal verb but you can use this in formal writing! It sounds
great! So remember: to stem from. To stem from. To stem from. To put forward means to offer something
as a suggestion. It is separable and transitive. And like stem from you can use to put forward
in your formal writing and speaking. Isn't that great? I would put forward the suggestion that
we expand the school canteen to accommodate for more students. Wow! I am not convinced by the
points put forward in support of this argument instead I think that... That sounded amazing!
Or... Can I put forward a suggestion? You should use "put forward" in your speaking exam!
So remember! To put forward. To put forward. To put forward.
To draw on means to use talents skills or experience as a resource. It is
inseparable and transitive. This phrasal verb is a classic for letters of application:
"Drawing on my extensive experience as a gardener I feel I would make an invaluable contribution
to your social media agency"... I will be able to draw on my knowledge of wild plants
to survive the apocalypse. Or, you will be able to draw on your many many hours of watching
SMASH English to pass the Cambridge exams! So remember! To draw on. To draw on. To draw on.
Okay so there are two important meanings of account for. Here to account for means to explain
a situation and it is inseparable and transitive. How do we account for the sudden rise in Cambridge
exam scores? Could SMASH English account for it!? Yes! I think it could! And yeah you can use
this one in formal writing as well. For example: Increasing poverty largely accounts for the growth
in crime in big cities. What a wonderful example! So we can use account for to explain something.
Something can account for a proportion of something. For example carbohydrates account for
99% of my diet. This means that my diet is 99 carbohydrates. SMASH English accounts for
80% of my time and 5% of my income... Ah... What am I doing!? Jesus Chri...
so yes remember! To account for. To account for. To account for. You put something down to a reason
in order to explain it and it is transitive and separable. Now this phrasal verb is informal so
please do not use this in your formal writing... No! I won the competition! I put it down to luck.
This means that I do not believe that I won the competition based on my talent. I think I won
because of luck and so I put my victory down to luck. Yeah! The children were so annoying
on the way to the theme park. We put it down to excitement. This means that the explanation for
how annoying the children were was the excitement the children were feeling about going to the theme
park. And if you pass your Cambridge exam, well I will put it down to SMASH English!
So yes! Remember to put down to. To put down to. To put down to. And with that we are
finished those were five phrasal verbs for the C1 Advanced Cambridge exam in five minutes. If
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