Lesson 30: Unit 172 - Phrasal Verbs. Separable Or Inseparable.
In this lesson we look at the difference between separable and inseparable phrasal verbs, practising with a real text – a letter from Mark to a friend about choosing between life in a flat and life in
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn the difference between separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in English. You will master the rules for positioning the object with the different types of phrasal verbs and practise with an authentic text – a letter from Mark to his friend Jan. You will meet verbs such as look after, look up, bring up, put up, fall for and many others in a real context. Mastering this important grammar topic will significantly improve your spoken and written English.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand the difference between separable and inseparable phrasal verbs.
- Know when the object pronoun MUST go between the verb and the particle.
- Recognise and use phrasal verbs with 'look' from the lesson text.
- Correctly use verbs such as bring up, fill in, put up, clear up, try on, take up, pick up.
- Read an authentic B1-level text with understanding and answer questions about it.
Lesson vocabulary
- look after She looks after her children away from the noise of the big city.
- look up I always look up new words in the dictionary.
- look forward to I'm looking forward to seeing you at our wedding next Saturday.
- look out to She'd rather have a small house in the country looking out to fields.
- look round I had been looking round for some time before I found the flat.
- look at Maybe she will change her mind when she looks at it tonight.
- look ahead I'm trying to look ahead and find out if there are any other options.
- look into I would be grateful if you can look into our problem and give friendly advice.
- fall for She's made up her mind to tell her boss that she doesn't fall for him.
- deal with If you have any problems, just ring me and I'll deal with them.
- stand for I will never stand for such bad behaviour.
- call on All students called on their teacher to wish her a happy birthday.
- bring up Her parents brought her up to speak two languages.
- put up A friend in Prague put me up for a couple of nights.
- try on Can I try on this jacket?
In other languages: Български