- Hello, this is Jack from ToFluency.com,
and today I'm going to teach you
10 of the most useful phrasal verbs in English.
Now, these phrasal verbs are very useful
because they're going to help you express yourself
because they are used all the time in everyday English.
And as you know, phrasal verbs
are a big part of learning vocabulary
so that you can sound more fluent and more advanced.
So we're going to go through these 10 phrasal verbs,
and then at the end of the video,
I'm going to share a couple of resources with you.
And also, I'm going to ask you a question.
So go through all of these 10 phrasal verbs
and then answer the question at the end of the video.
Okay, let's get started with number one.
The first one is to get along with,
And this means to have a friendly relationship,
to have a connection or some kind of chemistry.
For example, I tend to get along with most people.
I tend to get along with most people,
not everyone, but most people.
So I'm quite a friendly person,
and I tend to get along with most people.
Another example is, he just doesn't get along with her.
He just doesn't get along with her.
So he doesn't have a friendly relationship with this person.
They don't connect in a good way.
And here's one using a question.
Do you think that they're going to get along?
Do you think that they're going to get along?
So again, this is a great one to know,
The next one is come up with, to come up with.
in a business phrasal verb lesson,
but I want to teach this again
because people use this all the time.
Now, to come up with something
means to think about a new idea or to create a plan.
For example, if your boss says,
"If we don't come up with something tonight,
"our business is going to go under."
It's quite dramatic, and if a business goes under,
that it doesn't have enough money to continue operating.
"If we don't come up with a plan tonight,
"our business is going to go under,"
it means you have to think about a plan or a strategy
or to think about an idea to come up with something.
Another example is, I always come up with
I'm always coming up with new ideas.
I'm always thinking about what I should do.
And I'm always coming up with new video ideas as well.
Now, what I should do is have some kind of marker board
in the shower so I can write down my ideas.
But do you come up with your best ideas in the shower?
Let me know in the comment section below.
And then listen to the intonation of this example.
So that suggests that the idea isn't very good.
The next one is call off, call off.
Now, we use this for events, especially, okay?
So for example, the football game has been called off.
I'll write this in my team's WhatsApp group, and tell them,
"Sorry, lads, it's been raining too hard,
So this means to cancel, the game has been canceled.
But it's not used for other things.
For example, you wouldn't say,
"The flight's been called off."
You would say, "The flight has been canceled."
to learn English through sentences.
And I've made a video on this, and I want you to watch it.
So stay until the end of the video,
and I'll leave the link for you.
The next one is putt off, to put off.
Now, it's often taught with call off
because to call off means cancel,
or to do something at a later date.
"We've put off the field trip until next week."
we've put off the field trip until next week.
The field trip has been delayed until next week.
"The field trip has been called off,"
and it's not going to happen again in the future.
Now, it's often easy to put something off
So if you think, "Okay, I should be doing something
"in English but I'm not doing it,"
it's because you don't have a goal with a deadline.
Now, get my book, "The 5-Step Plan for English Fluency,"
it's free to download, because it's going to help you
create a plan and then create a deadline for that plan
so you don't put off your English learning
and the things that you have to do.
Now, the next one is to make up for,
another football or soccer example.
So imagine that a defender scores an own goal,
so he puts the ball into his own net,
which means the other team scores.
The commentators are saying he's made a big mistake,
His team and his fans are booing him, he's in a bad place.
But then two minutes later, his team get a corner
and he scores a goal with his head,
so he heads the ball into the net.
And then the commentator says,
"He has made up for that error."
He has made up for the own goal.
So to make up for something means that you correct something
He made a mistake, he scored an own goal,
but he made up for it by scoring a goal
It's often used in relationships too,
so you might hear someone say, "I bought you these flowers
"to help make up for what I said yesterday."
So this when you've been a naughty boy or girl
and you have to buy somebody flowers
because you said something that wasn't very nice.
So buying flowers is a way to make up for something.
The next one is to catch up on something,
and this means to do something
that you haven't been able to do,
usually because of time, but also priorities.
So for example, I didn't sleep well last night.
I only got about five hours sleep,
I might go home a little bit later and catch up on sleep.
To catch up on sleep, to have a nap later.
So to catch up on something, again,
means to do something that you haven't been able to do.
If you miss a few lectures at university,
then you might need to catch up on the work you have missed,
to catch up on the work you've missed.
And if you haven't seen my latest lessons,
then you need to catch up on them.
Now, this always reminds me of the song
"Gotta Get Through This."
'Kay, Daniel Bedingfield, I think.
I'll leave a link in the description below.
But this song is showing a really good example
I'm gonna talk about that in a second.
But it can be used in many different ways.
For example, a lot of people say, "It's really hard
"to get through to a real person
"when you call customer service."
So most customer service lines
have these automated answering phones,
and it's really hard to get through to a real person
when you call customer service.
So this just means it's hard to connect to a real person.
might also mean to finish something.
So I need to get through all my emails today
before I go home and catch up on my sleep.
I need to finish responding to my emails before I go home.
But the song I mentioned before,
"Gotta Get Through This," means that this person
has to get through a difficult period,
to deal with a difficult period,
to overcome any problems that he has.
So if you are going through a tough time,
it's always good to speak to someone.
Or if you're going through a tough time at university,
it's always good to take some time
and try and catch up on your work.
The next one is move out, to move out,
when you're talking about leaving your family's house,
so to move out of your parent's house.
For example, when I went to university,
I moved out of my parent's house,
but then I moved back in after university.
So to move in means the opposite,
to go back and live in a house.
So move in means the opposite, to live in a specific house.
So if you're moving house, you can say,
"We're moving out of our current house today,
"and we move in to our new house tomorrow,
"so we need to get a hotel room tonight."
So we're moving out of our current house today,
and we're moving into our new house tomorrow.
and we use this a lot in everyday English.
So it means to care for something.
For example, when we go on holiday,
we need somebody to look after our dogs,
so we'll ask our friends, "Is it possible for you
"to look after our dogs while we're on vacation?"
"you can look after our dogs this weekend?"
Another example is, it's hard work
looking after children all day.
It is, it's knackering.
It's hard work looking after children all day.
But we can also use it for things as well.
So if a child gives his friend something special,
like his special pen, and he lends him his special pen,
he can say, "Make sure you look after it.
"Make sure you care for this special pen
"because I want it back later."
and you'll hear parents say, "Just grow up, will you?"
And this means that they want their child
For example, stop writing on the walls.
But to grow up somewhere means
that you spent your childhood in that area.
For example, I grew up in Lancashire, England.
I grew up watching wrestling and football.
I grew up playing outside all the time.
We didn't have Instagram or social media or the internet,
so I grew up playing outside all day.
Okay, so those are 10 of the most useful
What I want you to do now is to go to the description below
because I have some resources for you.
Firstly, my book, "The 5-Step Plan for English Fluency,"
and then also the To Fluency Program
if you want to get serious with your English learning.
And then leave a comment below.
I'm gonna ask you a question, here is the question.
What is something that you need to catch up on?
What is something that you need to catch up on right now?
I'm going to respond to the comments
that you leave on the first day,
and I'm also going to go through this video
So leave those comments below.
What is something that you need to catch up on?
And then catch up on all the videos of mine
Just click on of these two videos over here
and go through the playlist to learn English with me.
Okay, thank you so much for watching.