In this fourth part of our phrasal verb online course, you will learn 10 more English phrasal verbs by watching online videos and/or reading a text, and then do some quizzes on them.

What to do first

You can either first watch each of our short YouTube videos on phrasal verbs (which you will find listed below or on our YouTube playlist for this 4th 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. SET UP(B2) Click to listen
  2. SET APART(C2) Click to listen
  3. GROW UP(B1) Click to listen
  4. COME UP(B2) Click to listen
  5. GO OVER(B2) Click to listen
  6. TAKE BACK(C1) Click to listen
  7. LOOK LIKE(B2) Click to listen
  8. CHECK OUT(B2) Click to listen
  9. USE UP(B2) Click to listen
  10. LOOK UP TO(B2) Click to listen

Or you can read the below text where each of the phrasal verbs is used and guess what the meaning of each is.

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 from the individual words which make up the phrasal verb.

The Art Club

Although not very talented at it, Maya loved art. Growing up in a quiet village, Maya and her older brother Oliver spent many summer days painting in their grandmother’s garden. Maya used to look up to Oliver because he was so talented, and his unique painting style and attitude really set him apart from everybody else that she knew.

One day whilst speaking with Oliver, the idea of starting an art club in the village came up. Maya thought it was a great idea, so she decided to set up a weekend community art club with her brother at the local library to bring people together. During the club's first class, Oliver noticed that most of those attending knew nothing about painting. So in the next class he went over some basic watercolour techniques with them, explaining what to do and why.

In the following class, while looking at one student's painting, Oliver without thinking joked that her abstract tree looked like a giant green broccoli. Maya immediately told him that was unkind, forcing Oliver to take back his words and apologise to the student.

At the end of one class, Oliver gave the students a homework assignment to do: they had to go and check out a church in a nearby village. In the next class they painted pictures of it. It was the most successful class they had run and by the end of the class the group had used up every single sheet of paper and bottle of paint in the room. Everyone left with big smiles, excited to return the following weekend.


Now do the quizzes here

After watching the videos or reading the text, do the below quizzes. Both of them are on the 10 phrasal verbs which you watched in the videos or read about.

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 5th 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.To be honest, when I first saw him I thought it was George Clooney. He just him. But when I looked closer, I relised it wasn't. The eyes and the nose are a little different.

2.Andy: "I'm not sure that I know what exactly I have to do."
Jane: "Ok. I'll it again with you. First, you have to call Mr Thomas and ask him for the money, then..."

3.All the candidates for the job were good. However, there was one I really liked, Judy. Her positive attitude and knowledge in the interview from the rest of the candidates for me.

4.Nowadays, many children football stars and youtubbers instead of doctors or firemen. They copy what they do and want to be like them.

5.When you meet with them, if the subject of money , try to change the subject and talk about something else instead.

6.The clothes you make are so beautiful. Why don't you your own company and start to sell them yourself?

7.That shop that you recommended that we go to. Well, we when we went to the centre on Saturday. And you are right, it seems to have a lot of good things in it.

8.No, I don't originally come from London. I in Manchester and only came to London when I was 24.

9.I'm afraid you can't have a shower at the moment because your brother has all the hot water. You are going to have to wait for about an hour until there is enough hot water to have one.

10.Peter: "How can you think it was me that broke the table! I wasn't even there when it happened."
Claire: "Ok, I . I didn't realise you weren't there."



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.When something is talked about or mentioned during a conversation.

2.To see what a place or thing is like.

3.To say what makes something or somebody different (and normally better) to others of a similar type.

4.When there is no more of something because somebody has consumed/used all of it.

5.To admit that something you said to somebody is wrong.

6.To say where you lived most of your life when you were a child.

7.To start/create a business, organisation or operation/service.

8.To have a lot of respect and admiration for somebody.

9.To say that somebody's or something's physical appearance looks very similar to another person or another thing.

10.To explain something to somebody so they understand it and/or know what to do.



Now go to the 5th 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.