- Today we are going to study study phrasal verbs.
I'll explain that in just a moment.
which is all about trying to help you guys
practice and improve your English skills.
In today's lesson we are going to talk about phrasal verbs,
but phrasal verbs that are related to study,
so that's what I meant when I said
we are going to study study phrasal verbs.
that I have for you is think through.
And this just means to carefully consider
the possible outcomes of some situation,
you know I just need to think it through.
You need to think something through,
and really consider it before you make a decision.
- I just want you to think it through.
- Still thinking things through.
- What is there to think through?
- Just try and think things through.
- Let us think this thing through logically.
- I don't want to decide just yet.
I really want to consider things.
Its always good to think things through
The next phrasal verb is pick up,
and it just means to learn something.
And often I think we use it when we're talking
about a language or a musical instrument
that I am trying to pick up Romanian right now.
I am trying to learn Romanian,
and many of you are trying to pick English up,
- You can't just walk up to those guys.
You have to get out there, and learn the moves,
get into their head, pick up the speech.
- Picked up English faster than I could teach it.
- I got bored, I thought I'd pick up a new language.
- I'll be back, I've never seen anyone
- Do you have a special tool for these?
- If it has to do with my hands,
The next phrasal verb is a pretty common one,
You cheat on something, and this just means
to act deceptively or unfairly
when you are completing a task.
You could cheat on a test or cheat on an exam.
I don't recommend that you cheat on anything at school,
but it does happen from time to time,
- What, you're cheating on your conversion test?
- When I was a kid, I always played by the rules.
- I regret to announce that someone in this class
- Then we have a three word phrasal verb, read up on,
and when you read up on something,
then you are increasing your knowledge about a topic
So you might read up on history
if you want to learn more about that.
You might read up on a person.
If you're trying to find out more information about them,
you would read up on something.
- I read up on my history, thanks for the tip.
- [Instructor] This will all be on next week's midterm,
- I've been reading up on your family's culture.
- I've been reading up on this whole Iraq War situation.
- Then we have go through,
and this is a great study phrasal verb
because when you go through something,
it just means that you are scrutinizing it.
You are looking at it very carefully,
so you might go through a paper
or you might go through a report
that you wrote and you're looking for mistakes.
So when you go through something,
you are looking at it carefully.
I always hope that you guys go through the comments
and read them because it's another great way
to practice English and practice your reading skills
as well as learn more about each other.
- I could go through the Panama papers.
- We have to go through those documents.
- I took the liberty of going through your address book.
- We still have the books of Pherian to go through.
- Then we have two phrasal verbs
that actually have the same meaning,
and those phrasal verbs are hand in or turn in.
So when you hand in something or you turn in something,
it just means that you submit something.
You turn in your presentation.
So when you hand in or turn in something,
you are just giving it to either your teacher or professor.
- Do you realize what would happen
if I hand in my homework in your handwriting?
- Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment
will be penalized one point off their final grade.
- Hey, I want to email you my paper before I hand it in.
- This is the first paper she's had to turn in.
She's bound to falter a little.
- The next study phrasal verb is fall behind,
even though it's not a good thing.
because when you fall behind it means
that you are not current or up-to-date with some information
or even some task, and you're really lacking
in comparison to the other students,
so when you fall behind it's not a good thing.
But sometimes it happens, and you might say,
yeah, I just fell behind, or I've fallen behind.
- Boys are falling behind in every subject!
- You need to make school more challenging
or else my son will fall behind.
- You haven't exactly been helping.
that doesn't have a product in production?
- And I hope that you guys have not fallen behind
and that you understand every one of these phrasal verbs,
but if you have fallen a little behind, that's okay,
because then you can just go through the lesson again
and again and again until you have picked up
every single one of these phrasal verbs,
and I'm just gonna keep saying them and repeating them
over and over because that's just another great way
The next phrasal verb is drop out,
and when you drop out that means that you leave an activity
or a program without completing it.
And often people use it and they talk
you just leave and you don't complete it.
- Everything else, I fail.
- No, I'm going to public school.
- I heard you dropped out of school.
- I went to university for a year as well
before I dropped out, so I'm a quitter.
I definitely don't recommend it.
I think you should work hard and turn in everything
that your teacher asks you too (chuckles).
At least that's what I would want from my students.
I always want them to hand in their assignments.
The next phrasal verb is hand out,
and this is a common study phrasal verb
because you hear it a lot in the classroom.
To hand something out just means to distribute something.
to the other students in the class.
So oftentimes, teachers would hand out an assignment
or, yeah, most of the stuff that they hand out,
it's not stuff that (chuckles) learners are excited to get.
Nobody wants a quiz or a test,
but we gotta do them, and as long
as you read up on all the information,
- True, I've been handing out assignments,
and the kids turn them in and everything.
are they handing out in the first grade?
- Why don't you hand out the schedules?
- That means we have to hand out the preparedness packs.
- The next study phrasal verb is catch on,
and to catch on means that you understand
what is meant or that you understand how to do something.
So maybe somebody might have a difficult time
catching on, and they have trouble
- And you're not going anywhere.
- Of course not, I'm already there.
- But all our professionals have college degrees.
- You've got to wait until your contracts are up, I get it.
- You catch on slow, you'll fit right in here.
- I'm sure that you guys catch on quickly
and you understood these phrasal verbs,
but if you didn't catch on, that's okay.
Just go through the lesson again,
Think through these phrasal verbs,
Maybe you might want to read up on them
so you have a better understanding
and hopefully the fact that I've been repeating
all of these phrasal verbs helps you
remember their meaning a little bit better.
So now I have an assignment for you,
and the way that you're going to turn it in to me
And all I want to know is something very simple.
I just want to know if you caught on to this lesson.
So if you understood all of these phrasal verbs,
if you understood my explanation of these phrasal verbs,
then in the comments write, I catch on quickly.
That way I know you understood these phrasal verbs
and maybe feel a little more confident the next time
that you are studying with others,
or the next time you find yourself in a classroom.
These phrasal verbs can be used in many different contexts.