Amazing awesome English learners, welcome back to go natural English
Gabi your American English teacher here today with something special for you part 2 of
Phrasal verbs that you need to know for English
Fluency and stick around to the end of this video because I'm going to give you a quiz to test your understanding
So, let's see how you do now just a few days ago
I was sitting on the beach having fun with some friends and
my Brazilian friend stopped and got really serious and he looked at me and he asked Gabi is
It true that phrasal verbs are important and I had to stop and laugh because he was so serious
But you know, it's true phrasal verbs are very serious
But that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy our study of phrasal verbs and have a little fun as we do that
So today I'm going to introduce
10 more phrasal verbs that I did not mention in the previous
Video if you have not seen that part one of the top 10 phrasal verbs then you can click up there and see it now
Phrasal verbs are key to understanding
Everyday life with native English speakers. We use phrasal verbs every single day
I don't know of a single day in my life when I have not used a phrasal verb when I'm
Speaking with other native English speakers and a lot of people ask me Gaby. Why is it that I can understand your English so clearly
When I'm travelling I'm able to speak much more clearly with
Non-native English speakers than my friends who are also native English speakers
but who might not be so accustomed to speaking with English learners and its really in
Big part because of phrasal verbs. It's also because of clear pronunciation
But that's another topic for another video
And I'll tell you a really quick story about how important phrasal verbs are
But first what is a phrasal verb? Well a phrasal verb?
Is a regular verb with a preposition
So then that combination creates a new meaning that is different from the base verb
Alone that you would see in a dictionary
Most of the time you can probably guess the general meaning of the phrasal verb if you know the general meaning of the preposition
For example the phrasal verb to turn on
Means something similar to two stars, for example, turn on the subtitles in English
Yes, you can actually turn on the subtitles in English here on this video to help you with your English learning so we know that
on is like to start and so we can guess or assume that turn on means to
Begin or starts or to power up a device?
Okay back to that story when a native English speaker friend of mine and I traveled together to Spain
We wanted to enjoy the Spanish food
And so we went out to eat a lot and we went to a lot of restaurants
where the the waiters spoke English and so my friend would order in English and so would I but when my friend spoke
the waiters couldn't understand her because she was using phrasal verbs like
Could we top off our meal with some dessert and coffee?
Or this Spanish wine has really grown on me or could you leave out the olives?
And so these are all examples of phrasal verbs top off
Grow on and leave out. Whereas when I would speak to the waiter
I knew the English was not his first language. So I would avoid those phrasal verbs just to have more clear communication
so I saw that the waiter didn't understand and I had to actually translate my friends native English into
Classroom English that would be generally understood by English learners without phrasal verbs
So I would say could we complete our meal with dessert and coffee?
Remove the olives for my friend and my friend thought it was pretty crazy
native English to classroom English
But that is exactly why I am here to help you to bridge your knowledge of English from the classroom to real-world
Excellent. So let's jump into the top 10 phrasal verbs that you need to know for fluent English part two
Number one to pick out means to select or choose I really like to pick out different
Earrings to wear in these videos with you. How about we pick out a color to paint the wall?
something this means to make time for something that may not be a
Super high priority for you. For example, when I have time I'll get around to painting this wall
When I have time, I'll get around to
It's also very common when you ask someone when they will have time to do something, for example
3 to make up for something means to replace or to
Do something that you should have done before so for example, I'm so sorry
I forgot about your birthday. I promise I'll make it up to you. So because I
didn't show up which is another phrasal verbs, see how common they are or because I
Forgot something, you know, I feel like I owe you something. So to make up for something is when you add something to someone and
And so you want to replace that thing or that action? I hope that makes sense
I can't make it to lunch with you today. But I promise I'll make it up to you tomorrow
Number 4 to put down actually has a couple of different definitions can mean to make a disparaging
Comments or it could mean to put a deposit
down on an investment for example to put money down on a property or a
home to put someone down means to say something bad about them to speak ill of
Someone hey don't gossip. It's not good manners to put other people down
How much money would you like to put down on your new home?
five to break up to break up can mean to
Into smaller pieces, it can also mean to end a relationship
Oh breaking up it's hard to do and just to distinguish between break up and break down
It can be quite confusing but we usually say break down for
Information or goals? However, we say break up
For items like a loaf of bread
Let's break up this loaf of bread into many different pieces or break up tasks or activities
The way you can remember this is if you can
Divide an item or divide a list of things to do then it would be break up
but if you are actually making information more
Simple or easier to understand than it is to break down
So to grow up is only used with people with humans and it means to mature or to grow
Older. So for example, your child is growing up so quickly
We do not use to grow up with anything else. We don't use it with hair. We don't use it with animals
We don't use it with your English skills
and these examples are all mistakes that I've seen English learners make so
Avoid using grow up for anything besides human beings
another phrasal verb that I see a lot of people making mistakes with number seven to catch up so to catch up
Speed up or to reach a point that you believe you should have already reached so to do
Tasks or work that should have already been done earlier and this could be to catch up on
To catch up on work. For example. Oh, I'm so busy. I really need to catch up on my work or I'm so tired
I really need to catch up on my sleep
Oh, why haven't you responded to my email? Oh, I'm sorry
I really need to catch up on my email INBOX eight to kick off has two different meanings
it could mean to begin or start like let's kick off this meeting or
This team member is just not pulling his weight. He's not doing his work
Let's kick him off the team nine to go on can mean to
continue it could mean to encourage someone to
Continue or it could mean that someone is talking a little too much it depends on the sentence that you're using
For example, if I say go on you can do it
Of course, I'm encouraging you
Just is going on and on and on that means that they're talking too much
So if someone is talking too much you would say
Going on and on or that person goes on and on so it's not just one on it's two ons
On and on and finally number ten to cave in. I like the sound of this one. It just sounds fun
Want to do something and you hold yourself to a high standard?
But then you decide to cave in and do something else
But I caved in and I ate some ice cream or I really wanted to do all my homework today
But I caved in and watched a new series on Netflix. So I have to do my homework tomorrow
So to cave in is very common. So all ten of these phrasal verbs that I'm sharing with you are very common
that's why I'm sharing them with you because they are very
Useful for you, and I don't believe that you're going to learn all of these commonly in a traditional classroom
So it's a great thing that you are here now
let's test your knowledge to see how well you can remember all these phrasal verbs and
if you are feeling overwhelmed or panicked about how to learn all of the phrasal verbs that there are
Just start from where you are today and see if you can add one new phrasal verb each day to your English vocabulary
If you would like to learn phrasal verbs and much more in an organized structured way
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Number one now fill in the blank with the phrasal verb that would replace
The regular verb that I have over there
let's a
New professional outfit for your interview - I'm so busy. I really need to
Work three on a reality TV show called Survivor they would
Helping me paint my house. I am so sorry. I forgot about your work anniversary
To you. Sometimes you're watching a video on YouTube and the presenter just
About nothing when you're on a diet you have good intentions, but sometimes you just and
Eat something that's not really on the diet. If you plan on purchasing a property in the United States, it is common to
20%
Let's our work in two things. We want to do before lunch. And after lunch your child is
So quickly. All right. Let's see how you did number one
Let's pick out a new professional outfit for you for your interview - I'm so busy
I really need to catch up on work three on a reality TV show called survivor. They would kick people off the island
When can you get around to helping me paint my house? I'm so sorry. I forgot your work anniversary
I promise sometimes you're watching a video on YouTube and the presenter goes on and on without really saying anything
When you're on a diet you have good intentions
But sometimes you cave in and eat something that wasn't on your diet if you want to buy a property in the United States
Let's break up our tasks into things we do before lunch
And after lunch your child is growing up so quickly
So, how did you do now? If you want to challenge yourself? I highly recommend making your own
Examples in the comments below that is a great way for you to start using these new phrasal verbs
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