Hello friends! Welcome back in this video lesson we'll go through four easy ways
you can learn and master phrasal verbs... Friends phrasal verbs can be a little
tricky....one phrasal verb can have many different meanings! Use these four easy
ways to better help you understand, and most importantly use these phrasal verbs when speaking in English
Before we go into the four easy ways you can learn
and remember phrasal verbs, it's important to understand what is a
phrasal verb? A phrasal verb is a two or three word combination of a verb plus a
preposition.... some examples of some phrasal verbs are: get away, get through,
take off, put off and put on. Friends there are hundreds of phrasal verbs in
the English language... and if you're learning phrasal verbs you may have
noticed that one phrasal verb can have a completely different meaning depending
on the context... you may have noticed this and you may have felt frustrated! :(
Frustrated because that one meaning you've learned, you learnt it in one
context, but in another context it has a completely different meaning! Friends
sometimes one phrasal verb in the English language can have several
different meanings... let's have a look at the phrasal verb take off so that you
can understand... for example the phrasal verb take off, its first meaning can be
an airplane leaving the ground.... for example our flight takes off at 8:00 a.m.
The second meaning of the phrasal verb take off can be to remove something from
something... an example of this could be when I get home I take off my jacket...
the third definition of the phrasal verb take off can be to make rapid progress... for
example sales have taken off recently... the fourth definition of take off could
be to leave abruptly... for example yesterday we were having dinner but Bob
just took off all of a sudden... so here Bob just left abruptly... friends can you
see how confusing and frustrating phrasal verbs can be! One
phrasal verb, depending on the context, can have several different meanings!
Friends as we already know there are hundreds of phrasal verbs in the English
language.... and we also know that one phrasal verb can have many different
definitions... for this reason it's important to be learning phrasal verbs
by topic! Friends by learning phrasal verbs by
topic you'll be able to better understand the context that these
phrasal verbs are used in... if we have a look at the phrasal verb to take off... so
we do know that the phrasal verb take off has four different meanings... the best way
to avoid confusion and avoid misusing or using the wrong phrasal verb in a
sentence is to be learning phrasal verbs by topic
divide your life by topics and think about maybe your morning routine, your
work life, your personal life, your hobbies, what you do for fun.... any topics
that relate to you! Let's use the topic of morning routines... friends try
brainstorming...think of any phrasal verbs you could use to describe your morning
routine... you could do this by making a list, writing these phrasal verbs by
topic in a notebook... so that you have them physically on paper, and then you
know that these phrasal verbs, you can use to talk about your morning routine...
some phrasal verbs you could use to describe your morning routines could be..
to get up, to wake up, to turn on, to turn off and to perk up... fantastic
so you've thought of a few topics which relate to you... which relate to your
everyday life ...the next step is to be personalizing these phrasal verbs! Use
these phrasal verbs by personalizing them :) Friends it's not enough to just to
be writing these phrasal verbs down on a piece of paper
you have to personalize them by making sentences... friends write sentences
down on a piece of paper using these phrasal verbs... it's very important to be
constructing sentences to be using these phrasal verbs in a sentence, in context,
so that you can remember them... you can remember their meaning based on the
topic... and you can remember to use them when speaking in English... friends your
sentences don't need to be complex... you can make them really simple sentences ...for
example: I usually wake up at 7:30 a.m. I usually turn off my alarm at 7:31, I drink
coffee in the morning to perk me up... friends by personalizing them to your
everyday life you are using these phrasal verbs and you are remembering
how they are used in context... this will enable you to remember the phrasal verbs
when you're having conversations in English and it will better help you
differentiate from the different meanings one phrasal verb can have... now
friends you may feel a little stuck, you don't know that many phrasal verbs.... at
the beginning of this lesson I told you there are hundreds of phrasal verbs in
the English language, but how do you find them? The third step is to be listening...
remember friends IMMERSION! immerse yourself ,surrounding yourself with the
English language is such an important step to English Fluency...
Surround yourself by listening to English being used... listen to English
being used naturally and pay attention to the phrasal verbs that English
speaker are using... friends by paying attention to these phrasal verbs that
English speakers are using, you'll notice the phrasal verbs being used
naturally, in context! This will also better help you to remember them... One thing
you can do is to add these phrasal verbs to your little journal, diary and make
sentences with them, if those phrasal verbs are new to you.... remember to be
adding those phrasal verbs to the topics you have created...
this will ensure that, okay you know this phrasal verb is used in this topic
and you will not use that phrasal verb in the wrong context... friends I do
understand that you may not be familiar with these phrasal verbs when you hear
them being used! Pay attention to the reaction of the speaker... do they look happy? Do
they look sad? What are they talking about? try to identify the meaning of
the phrasal verb in context... Friends this goes back to the first step... learn
phrasal verbs in context... because this will really help you to not only
remember and use these phrasal verbs in the future... but it will also enable you
to use them correctly! You don't want to be using the wrong phrasal verb in the
wrong context! Listen, pay attention observe and you will see that you'll
better identify and better remember them in the future... the final way to perfect
and master the use of phrasal verbs is to be using phrasal verbs in spoken form!
Friends speak to somebody in English! Speak about different topics with
friends and try to use those phrasal verbs when you're having conversations
in English... by speaking to people, REAL people in English... by speaking about
those topics you have created which are relevant to you
you can push yourself to use those phrasal verbs and see if the other person
is able to understand what you're saying, to test that you have fully understood
the meaning of that phrasal verb... and most importantly that you are able to
use that phrasal verb in spoken English! Friends please note that you will maybe
make some mistakes, you may misuse that phrasal verb.... be positive :) Learn from your
mistakes, try to identify what the mistake was, so that you avoid that
mistake in the future! To sum up this lesson, friends it's important to be
learning phrasal verbs by topic to ensure that you are using the correct
phrasal verb in the right context... try to personalize those phrasal verbs, make
sentences with phrasal verbs so that you can
remember and most importantly use them when speaking in English... but don't stop
there! Surround yourself with the English language, immerse yourself by listening...
listen to English speakers use phrasal verbs and pay attention to any new
phrasal verbs you hear... finally go out there, speak in English! Use those phrasal
verbs when having natural conversations with real people in English... Remember
friends practice makes perfect, the more you practice the better you
will get! Continue practicing and learning phrasal verbs with these phrasal verb lessons
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