To mix up – to mix and mix or to get confused.
‘She fixed up her bike and now it looks like new.’ To fix up – to fix something to a high standard. ‘We have to use up all the milk in the fridge before it goes off.’ ‘We visited Egypt and so I did a lot of reading up on the ancient Egyptians before we left.’ To read up on = to do a lot of reading about a subject. ‘Listen up people we need to rebuild the library.’ To beat up = to physically beat someone (punching). To save up for = to save money for something in particular. To eat up – to eat everything on your plate.
‘I have to tidy up my room because it is a mess!’ To clear up/ to tidy up – to put a place in order. To clean up = to clean when something is very messy. That is, teaching the phrasal verb by the prepositionand not the verb. Well, there is a way to share your deeper knowledge of phrasal verbs to your students. The TEFL teacher who helps their students crack the code of phrasal verbs would be the best teacher an ESL student has ever meet in their lives. What an amazing power we native speakers have. Likewise, when we come across a new phrasal verb like ‘lawyer up’ or, ‘wind down’, we instantly understand the meaning, even though no one has told us its denotation. For example, as children we didn’t struggling to remember the difference between ‘to take up’ and ‘to take on.’ We understood it intuitively. We may not be able to explain adequately how we know what they mean but we do know what they mean. Teaching phrasal verbs is notoriously difficult because the verb often bears no relation to the meaning.Īnd yet, phrasal verbs are everywhere in English.Īnd so, on some deeper level phrasal verbs must make sense. Let’s see a detailed list of phrasal verbs for better understanding.Phrasal verbs are a verb + preposition, adverb or particle. Here, ”ask for” is an example of a phrasal verb that signifies ”to request something”. Let’s see a simple example for understanding the list of phrasal verbs! We have already learned the basics of phrasal verbs. They are used in an informal context in English grammar. The group of words that are made of a verb and at least one participle are known as phrasal verbs. Let’s explore! List of Phrasal Verbs List of Phrasal Verbs Basics In this article, we will see a list of phrasal verbs in English along with meanings to remember.
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