This cartoon looks at two meanings of brush off.
Take a look at the 3 phrasal verbs in these sentences. Do you know what they mean? You can write your guesses in the comments box below:
"The music was so loud that I couldn't make out what he was saying."
"The hotel takes on extra staff during the summer season."
"We've been putting away a little money every month to buy a laptop."
This cartoon looks at two meanings of let down.
Definitions of let down
Let down - When you let something down, you deflate it (let the air out of it).
Phrasal verbs are one of the most difficult things to learn in English, because changing the preposition can completely change the meaning of the verb.
Here are 7 break phrasal verbs:
Today's joke is based on two meanings of bring down.
Bring down: Make someone depressed, unhappy or exhausted. Get Down can also be used:
"This rainy weather is really bringing me down."
The following text contains 10 highlighted phrasal verbs. Your task is to match them to the correct definitions.
During the week I always have to get up early for work so on Sunday I love to wake up late, usually around 9am and then get up 30 minutes later.
The following text contains 10 highlighted phrasal verbs. Your task is to match them to the correct definitions.
During the week I always have to get up early for work so on Sunday I love to wake up late, usually around 9am and then get up 30 minutes later.
This lesson is designed to see how well you remember the meaning of some common phrasal verbs.
Match each phrasal verb below to the correct sentence.
Make sure you use the correct tense!
Lots of idiomatic expressions come from things people say to each other in sports. For example in fishing,'to get off the hook' means literally, for the fish to escape! These phrases have been adapted and, as idioms, can be used in a variety of circumstances. In each of these sentences, can you decide which idiom is needed?
Caroline Devane
Here’s another lesson that gives you an opportunity to revise/learn some phrasal verbs.
Remember, changing the preposition can completely change the meaning of the verb, so we need to know which preposition to add to a verb to create the correct meaning.
Here’s a test to see how well you remember the meaning of these phrasal verbs that use ‘turn’. Which phrasal verb belongs in each sentence? Good luck!
By Caroline Devane
