Using the Phrasal Verb Videos
Phrasal verbs are one of the areas of English that most learners hate. But if you learn them in the right way, they aren't really that difficult to understand or use.
That is the reason that I originally created the Phrasal Verb Daily videos on YouTube, short videos to teach you phrasal verbs in English in a way that'll help you quickly and easily learn them.
Below you'll learn who the videos are for, what type of phrasal verbs are used in them and how the information is organised in them.
In addition, I will explain how to use the videos to help you improve your knowledge and use of phrasal verbs.
Now, I have created a free online course on phrasal verbs where through watching these videos and doing online quizzes you will not only learn how to use phrasal verbs correctly but you will also learn the meaning of 200 commonly used ones in English. Click here to go to the first part of the course.
Who the videos are for
Students who have an intermediate (B1) or higher level of English. They are very useful for students studying for FCE, CAE or IELTS exams. For students with lower levels, the videos may be a little too difficult to understand. They can be used by both teenagers and adults.
Which phrasal verbs are used
Not all the meanings of phrasal verbs are difficult to understand. In fact, many of them are easy (e.g. 'sell out'). It is only some of them which learners have difficulties with. And it is these difficult phrasal verbs which you will find used in the videos in Phrasal Verb Daily.
In addition, there will be many phrasal verbs meanings which you will already know and use (e.g. 'wake up' or 'go out'). In the videos in Phrasal Verb Daily you won't find these phrasal verbs being used (it is a waste of your time).
The phrasal verb meanings which are used in the videos, are for those phrasal verbs which are both commonly used and which I find many students get confused with or don't know.
Only one meaning is used in each video
Many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning (e.g. 'take off', 'work out' etc...). However, even if a phrasal verb does have multiple meanings, only one meaning of it is taught in each video in Phrasal Verb Daily.
I have found that if I explain all the different meanings of a phrasal verb to students at the same time, it causes them to get confused and doesn't help them to learn them.
If a phrasal verb has more than one meaning, I will explain each meaning it has in different videos (for example there are two different videos for 'put off' and three different videos for 'sort out').
How the videos help you learn and remember the phrasal verbs
In most videos on phrasal verbs on YouTube, you'll find they will tell you the meaning of the phrasal verb before they give you an example of it being used. In the Phrasal Verb Daily videos, you aren't.
It is you who has to guess the meaning of the phrasal verb by using the context of two examples that it is used in. It is only after these two examples that you will be told what the meaning of it is.
By having to think for yourself what the meaning of it is, you'll not only really learn what it means, but it will also help you to remember it in the future.
The structure of the videos
Each video starts by saying what the phrasal verb you will be learning is:
After you will be shown a short piece of text where the phrasal verb is used. From the context of the text, you have to guess what the meaning of the phrasal verb is:
After this you will be shown another short piece of text where the phrasal verb is used again. The meaning of the phrasal verb in this second example text is the same as in the first example text:
Then you will be given the meaning of it:
Hopefully, you will have guessed the meaning of it correctly. But don't worry if you haven't, because the process of having to think about it while watching the video will help you to learn its correct meaning.
Use the phrasal verb in a sentence after each video
After you have learnt the meaning of the phrasal verb in the video, make a sentence in your own words where you use it. Doing this is really important for remembering its meaning in the future.
You can either say the sentence or write it down, it's your choice.
Doing our online course on phrasal verbs
Although you can just watch any of our phrasal verb videos, if you really want to improve your knowledge of phrasal verbs used in English I would recommend that you do our free online course on phrasal verbs. Through watching videos and doing online quizzes in the course you will not only learn the meaning of 200 commonly used (but sometimes confusing) English phrasal verbs, but through doing quizzes on the phrasal verbs you have learnt in the videos, increase the probability that you'll start using them in your own speaking and writing.
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