- Before going outside, I put on my boots.
- I was hot, so I took off my jacket.
- I turned on the radio so I could listen to the news.
- Please turn off the heating when you leave the house.
- My car broke down while I was driving to work.
- Sally and Tom broke up last week.
- As soon as I’ve finished these books, I’ll bring them back to the library.
- I usually get up early during the week.
- My cousin and I get along well, and we enjoy spending time together.
- If you lend me your dress, I’ll give it back to you tomorrow.
- I’m trying to give up chocolate because it’s making me fat.
- We went on dancing until midnight.
- Experts think the war will go on for a long time.
- Tim and I usually hang out at the park after school.
- I’m looking after my little sister tonight because my parents are going out.
- I’m looking for my glasses. Have you seen them?
- I picked up the pencil that I had dropped on the floor.
- I had to go to the shop because we had run out of bread.
- Before going to bed, I took out the rubbish.
- After finishing the last biscuit, I threw away the packet.
- I work out at the gym twice a week.
Common phrasal verbs
In this Pre-intermediate Vocabulary Lesson about Common Phrasal Verbs, you will learn essential phrasal verbs that we often use in our daily lives. Check the following pictures and look at the definitions and sentence examples below.
1 When you put on clothes or make-up, you put it on your body and start wearing it.
2 When you take off something that you are wearing, you remove it from your body and stop wearing it.
3 If you turn on a device or piece of equipment, you make it start working., usually by pressing a button. For example, when you walk into a room, you turn on the light.
4 If you turn off a device or piece of equipment, you make it stop working.
5 If a car or machine breaks down, it suddenly stops working.
6 If two people break up or you break up with someone, you finish your romantic relationship with them.
7 If you bring back something, you return it to the place you or the thing were before.
8 When you get up, you get out of bed, usually after waking in the morning, but you also get up when you go from sitting to standing.
9 If two people get along or if you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them.
10 If you give back something, you return something that you’ve borrowed from someone.
11 If you give up something or doing something, you stop doing it or having it completely. For example, doctors often tell patients to give up smoking.
12 If you go on doing something, you continue doing something. Similarly, if a situation goes on, it continues to happen.
13 When people hang out or when you hang out with someone, you spend time with them.
14 If you look after someone or something, you take care of them. For example, parents look after their children.
15 If you look for someone or something, you can’t find it and search for it.
16 If you pick up something, you lift it from the floor or surface, usually with your hand.
17 If you run out of something, you use it completely so that there is no more of it.
18 If you take out something, you take it outside or out of the place where it was originally. For example, most people take out the rubbish so that it can be collected, and dog owners take out their dog when it needs a walk.
19 When you throw away something, you discard it, usually putting it in a rubbish container because you don’t need it anymore.
20 If you work out, you train your body with exercise.
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