In this 12th part of our phrasal verb online course, you will learn 10 more English phrasal verbs by watching online videos and completing quizzes.

What to do first

It's simple, first watch each of our short YouTube videos on phrasal verbs (which you will find listed below or on our YouTube playlist for this 12th part of the course). In each video you will see two examples of the phrasal verb being used. In each the meaning is the same. From these examples guess what the meaning of the phrasal verb is (you will be told its meaning at the end of the video).

You don't have to watch all of them in the same day, watch them whenever you have time to do them.

  1. PULL OFF
  2. PUT UP
  3. DRESS UP
  4. GET BY
  5. GET THROUGH
  6. SORT OUT
  7. BE DOWN TO
  8. THROW OUT
  9. BE TAKEN ABACK
  10. WIND DOWN

Remember that in English the same phrasal verb can have many different meanings! So guess its meaning only from the context which it is used in the examples, not the individual words which make up the phrasal verb.

If you want to learn more about what to do when watching the videos, read our article about using the phrasal verbs videos.

Then do the quizzes here

After watching the videos, come back to this web page and do the below quizzes. Both of them are on the 10 phrasal verbs which you watched in the videos.

In the first exercise, you have to choose which of the phrasal verbs is correct for the sentence. Use the context of the sentence(s) to help you decide which one is correct.

In the second exercise, you have to match each of the 10 phrasal verbs to their meaning (e.g. 'to leave a bus, plane or train').

In both exercises, you should only use each of the 10 phrasal verbs once.

After doing this, go to the 13th part of the phrasal verb course to learn and remember more.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct phrasal verb from the selection box for each of the 10 questions. Click on the "Check" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.


1.Peter:"Why did you your old TV?"
Jane: "It stopped working and it was really old. And it was cheaper to buy a new one than repair it."

2.We had to the price of the coffee that we sell in the restaurant because this year it is so much more expensive to buy it. If we didn't, we would lose money on every cup we sold.

3.Ruth:"Do you think you'll have enough time to do it all by Friday?"
Chris: "It's won't be easy, but I think I should be able to it all by then."

4.When they told me I got the job, I . The interview I did was terrible and I thought that I had no chance of getting it.

5.Nobody expected that he would reach the final at the beginning of the tournment, but he by beating the favourite in the semi-final.

6.Everybody who goes to the oscars ceremony has to for the event. You never see any actors or actresses going to it wearing normal casual clothes.

7.Working as a policeman is so stressful that you need to do things to after work. A good way to do this, is to do yoga or go for a long run.

8.To be honest, I think being successful as a singer luck more than talent. Being in the right place at the right time is why some singers become famous and others don't.

9.London is such an expensive place to live in that many teachers find it difficult to on the salary they earn. As a result, many of them are leaving the city to live in cities where it is cheaper to live in.

10.I have done what you asked me. I've all the letters you got from fans by the country they come from. So, these are the ones from America, these from France, these from Ireland...



Exercise 2

Choose the correct phrasal verb from the selection box for each of the 10 questions. Click on the "Check" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.


1.To finish doing some work or school things/tasks that you have to do.

2.To be really surprised or shocked when you hear or see something you didn't expect.

3.To wear formal or special clothing.

4.To group together things which have a specific characteristic (they are all the same colour, from the same country etc...).

5.To increase the price/cost of something.

6.To do something which will you help you feel relaxed and calm after a busy or stressful period of time.

7.To have just enough money to be able to live on.

8.To say what causes/caused a situation or something to happen.

9.When somebody achieves something which nobody expected and is very difficult to do.

10.To put something into the rubbish/garbage.




Now go to the 13th part of the phrasal verb course to learn and remember more.



Practice

Now that you understand them, practise them by creating your own sentences in English with them.