English ESL Conversation with Phrasal Verbs. Theory and exercises to learn and practice the most commonly used English phrasal verbs. Free eBook and PDF
English ESL Conversation with Phrasal Verbs
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English ESL Conversation with Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs are verbs that are used in common with other parts of speech, usually prepositions, and take on meanings of their own when combined with these other parts of speech.
Phrasal verbs are very useful and plentiful, and hence provide endless teaching materials for ESL teachers.
Some examples include:
- to go out = to date
- to bring up = to raise
- to take after = to act like
- to find out = to learn, to discover
- to put off = to postpone
To see the difference that simple preposition can make in meaning:
- take up = do a hobby
- take off = undress
- take in = adopt
- take away = revoke
- take over = conquer
The importance of phrasal verbs to ESL teaching and learning cannot be overstated. Although phrasal verbs are written as a combination of two or more words, they act as if they were one word.
Phrasal verbs can be inseparable, separable, transitive, and intransitive.
English ESL Conversation with Phrasal Verbs
Exercises
Match the highlighted phrasal verbs with the best definition:
DO AGAIN
CHOOSE
GET UP
QUIT
EXPLODE
ARRIVED
USED UP
FIND BY CHANCE
HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP
TELL LIES
REMOVE, THROW AWAY
LOOK AFTER
STAND, BEAR
DELAY
THINK OF
REDUCE
VISIT
ANSWER RUDELY
MAKE QUIETER
ARRANGE
UNDRESS
SEARCH FOR/FIND
MET BY CHANCE
EAT AT A RESTAURANT
| (a) The gas heater blew up and destroyed the house. | |
| (b) Can you take care of my dog while I’m away? | |
| (c) If you come across a post office, can you buy some stamps? | |
| (d) Did anybody come up with a solution? | |
| (e) This year I’m going to cut down on junk food. | |
| (f) There are so many mistakes we’ll have to do it over. | |
| (g) I dropped by friend’s house on my way home. | |
| (h) His grades were so bad that he decided to drop out of university. | |
| (i) Do you want to order in or eat out? | |
| (j) I don’t get along with Jack so I’d prefer if you didn’t invite him. | |
| (k) Why don’t you look up his address in the phone book? | |
| (l) You can’t trust him because he makes up stories all the time. | |
| (m) She picked out a long black dress to wear. | |
| (n) We put off our vacation plans until next year. | |
| (o) I am not going to put up with the noise and garbage anymore. | |
| (p) I want to get rid of some old clothes. | |
| (q) I ran into my old friend at the movie theater. | |
| (r) Our car ran out of gas so we had to walk two hours to the gas station. undress | |
| (s) After we set up the tent, we started to make dinner. | |
| (t) He showed up two hours late. | |
| (u) You should take off those wet clothes. | |
| (v) Jake talked back to his mother so his mother punished him. | |
| (w) I turned down the volume after the neighbors complained. search for, find | |
| (x) I usually wake up at five in the morning. |
Answer the following questions
- How often do you eat out?
- Who do you get along well with?
- What happens if you talk back to your teacher?
- Have you ever put off doing a very important homework assignment until the last minute?
- Do you ever show up late for class?
- Where can you look up somebody’s telephone number?
- Do your friends ever drop by uninvited?
- Do you ever have to take care of one of your relatives?
- Have you ever run out of gas?
- Do you know anybody who dropped out of school?
- Have you ever run into your teacher at the supermarket?
- What do you think you should cut down on?
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