English Grammar - Everyday Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs in daily English conversation can be difficult for English language learners. Did you know? Phrasal verbs make up over 10,000 phrases in English! The GOOD NEWS is, at Adept English, we focus on the ones you might actually want to use or hear in everyday conversations. Today's podcast lesson is all about learning practical, common phrasal verbs, to boost your everyday English conversations.
It's worth spending some of your valuable time learning phrasal verbs:
- Improve communication skills
- Understand native speakers in everyday conversation
- Gain confidence in using tricky phrasal verbs
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Elevate your professional English skills with our latest episode on essential phrasal verbs. Whether you're preparing for a job interview, giving a presentation, or navigating daily communication, these key expressions will help you sound more natural and confident. Join us in a great English language podcast!
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Lot's of valuable English language learning is packed into today's podcast:
- Learn common phrasal verbs: This lesson covers frequently used phrasal verbs with "put."
- Understand informal speech: Practice sentences enhance comprehension of everyday English.
- Differentiate meanings: Learn how small changes in phrasal verbs alter their meanings.
- Enhance listening skills: Repetition of sentences improves listening and comprehension.
- Use in context: Examples show how phrasal verbs fit into real-life conversations.
- Improve fluency: Familiarity with phrasal verbs aids in smoother, more natural speech.
- Expand vocabulary: Learn formal verb equivalents for common phrasal verbs.
- Identify challenges: Recognize why phrasal verbs can be tricky and how to tackle them.
- Test your knowledge: Suggestions for additional podcasts and quizzes for practice.
- Access resources: Information on finding more lessons and free English courses on the website.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What are phrasal verbs and why are they important for learning English? Phrasal verbs are combinations of verbs and prepositions that have a unique meaning. They're crucial for mastering English because; They're extremely common in everyday speech. There are over 10,000 phrasal verbs in English. They often have multiple meanings. Understanding them greatly improves your comprehension of informal conversations. By focusing on phrasal verbs, you'll sound more natural and fluent in your English conversations.
- What are some common phrasal verbs using 'put' mentioned in the transcript? The transcript covers several important phrasal verbs with 'put': 1. Put up with: To tolerate something. 2. Put down: To criticize or belittle someone. 3. Put off: To discourage or delay. 4. Put on: To take advantage of someone. 5. Put aside: To ignore or discount temporarily. 6. Put down to: To attribute something to a cause. Learning these phrasal verbs will help you express yourself more precisely in various situations.
- How can I practice using phrasal verbs with 'put' in my everyday English? To incorporate these phrasal verbs into your English: Listen to native speakers and note how they use these phrases. Create example sentences using each phrasal verb. Practice using them in conversations with language partners. Write short stories or dialogues incorporating multiple phrasal verbs. Use language learning apps or flashcards to review them regularly. Remember, consistent practice is key to internalizing these expressions and using them naturally.
- Are there any tips for remembering the different meanings of phrasal verbs? Yes, here are some effective strategies: Group phrasal verbs by their base verb (e.g., all phrasal verbs with 'put'). Create mental images or stories to associate with each meaning. Use mnemonic devices to remember tricky ones. Practice them in context rather than isolated lists. Review them regularly using spaced repetition techniques. Don't get discouraged if it takes time – even native speakers sometimes confuse phrasal verbs!
- How do phrasal verbs differ in formal and informal English? Phrasal verbs are more common in informal English: Informal settings: Phrasal verbs are used frequently in everyday conversations, making your speech sound more natural. Formal settings: Single-word equivalents are often preferred (e.g., 'tolerate' instead of 'put up with'). Writing: Academic or professional writing typically uses fewer phrasal verbs. Speaking: Casual speech relies heavily on phrasal verbs for expressiveness. By mastering phrasal verbs, you'll be able to adjust your language use to suit different contexts, enhancing your overall fluency in British English.
Learning phrasal verbs with 'put' is like unlocking a secret code in English! It's the hidden spice that flavors everyday conversations.
Most Unusual Words:
- Phrasal: A phrase made up of more than one word, often a verb and preposition.
- Tolerate: To accept or endure someone or something unpleasant.
- Belittle: To make someone or something seem less important.
- Preposition: A word that shows the relationship between nouns or pronouns and other words in a sentence.
- Criticise: To express disapproval of someone or something.
- Delay: To make something happen at a later time.
- Discount: To ignore or not consider something.
- Advantage: A condition that puts one in a favourable or superior position.
- Constructive: Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.
- Flat: Having no air or not inflated, usually referring to a battery or tire.
Most Frequently Used Words:
| Word | Count |
|---|---|
| Phrasal | 22 |
| Means | 22 |
| Someone | 17 |
| Verbs | 13 |
| Common | 13 |
| English | 11 |
| Podcast | 9 |
| Going | 8 |
| Meaning | 8 |
| Putting | 7 |
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Transcript: Phrasal Verbs In Daily English Conversation
Let’s focus on spoken English challenges - phrasal verbs with put!
Hi there. Let’s test your understanding of phrasal verbs in this podcast! Can you understand the following sentences? This is someone who’s not very pleased! ‘I’ve put up with you putting me down for long enough. It puts me off having a relationship with you. I feel put on, but I’m going to put aside my feelings and invite you to the party anyway. I’ll put your moods down to the stress of your job!’ It sounds like this person is really not very happy, doesn’t it?
And how much of that did you understand? Notice how many times the verb ‘put’ is used. I’ll say it again. ‘I’ve put up with you putting me down for long enough. It puts me off having a relationship with you. I feel put on, but I’m going to put aside my feelings and invite you to the party anyway. I’ll put your moods down to the stress of your job!’ Let’s work on this type of phrasal verb sentence today and boost your understanding of informal spoken English.
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So what’s problematic about these sentences? Well, they all use the common verb ‘to put’, but ‘to put’ is being used as a phrasal verb in each case - that’s ‘phrasal’, PHRASAL. And a ‘phrasal verb’ is ‘a verb made up of more than on one word’ - a ‘phrase verb’ if you like. These are very common in English and they usually consist of a verb and a preposition or sometimes two prepositions. Words like ‘up’, ‘with’, ‘in’, ‘out’, ‘on’ or ‘under’ - they’re all prepositions. So in that sentence I gave you as an example, the following common phrasal verbs, using ‘to put’ were used. - ‘to put up with’, ‘to put down’, ‘to put off’, ‘to put on’, ‘to put aside’ and ‘to put down to’. They all sound similar, but they all have different meanings and that’s the challenge. The value of this podcast is that it addresses a common challenge faced by language learners like yourself. In informal English conversation, we use these phrasal verbs all the time. The estimate is that there are over 10,000 phrasal verbs in the English language, so knowing them will truly help your understanding. But 10,000 phrasal verbs is a lot! The common ones are far fewer. So naturally our podcasts focus on the most common ones - the ones that are actually useful to you!
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Now traditional language learning courses don’t always pay much attention to phrasal verbs. Which means as an English language student, you perhaps do well at exams but real-life English conversation is a struggle. So listen on if you want to do real-life English conversation rather than just pass exams!
Some other useful phrasal verb Adept English podcasts? Podcast 640 goes through some common phrasal verbs using ‘to come’ while podcast 446 goes through some common phrasal verbs using ‘to get’. Podcast 551 covers phrasal verbs with ‘to fall’. And podcast 237 covers phrasal verbs with ‘to break’. And podcast 411 covers common phrasal verbs with ‘to throw’. You can find these easily by going to the Lessons page at adeptenglish.com and keying in the podcast number in the search field. And obviously in this podcast, 756, I’ve covering common phrasal verbs using ‘to put’.
Those phrasal verb sentences again?
So let’s pick up that sentence I said right at the beginning. Here it is again:-
‘I’ve put up with you putting me down for long enough. It puts me off having a relationship with you. I feel put on, but I’m going to put aside my feelings and invite you to the party anyway. I’ll put your moods down to the stress of your job!’
Phrasal verb ‘To put up with’
So the first one ‘to put up with’. Every phrasal verb has a more formal verb equivalent which means the same. So here if you ‘put up with someone or something’, then this means the same as ‘to tolerate’ that’s TOLERATE. So here ‘I’ve put up with, I’ve tolerated you putting me down for long enough’. I’m done with it in other words. ‘I’ve tolerated it for a long time’. Other example sentences ‘She has to put up with the downside of being famous’. ‘My uncle put up with the noise from the road outside his house for many years’. Don’t confuse this phrasal verb ‘to put up with’ with the other phrasal verb ‘to put up’. If someone says ‘Oh, I’ll put you up’, that means they are inviting you to come and stay at their house. So what’s confusing, phrasal verbs use prepositions and they’re only little words, but they change the meaning entirely. So ‘to put someone up’, means ‘allow someone to stay at your home and this is different from ‘to put up with someone’, meaning ‘to tolerate them’!
Phrasal verb ‘to put down’
Next one. ‘I’ve put up with, I’ve tolerated you putting me down for long enough’. So ‘to put someone down’ means ‘to criticise someone’ or ‘to belittle’ that person - that’s BELITTLE. We also use ‘putdown’ as a noun - as in ‘Oh, that was a bit of a putdown from my boss’. And the sense is that the ‘putting down’ or the ‘putdowns’ here are unfair. A person is criticising not because it’s deserved, but because they feel like criticising. It’s not fair and it’s not what we call ‘constructive criticism’. The other more formal alternative verb I used ‘to belittle’ - means to purposefully make someone feel small. Another phrase we sometimes use in English ‘to put someone in their place’. Meaning ‘to correct that person’ - ‘to tell them what they’ve got wrong’. There’s less of a sense of it being unjust there - whereas if you talk about ‘putdowns’ or ‘to put someone down’, it means automatically it’s been done unfairly. So that’s ‘to put down’, meaning ‘to criticise’ or ‘to belittle’.
Phrasal verb ‘to put off’
Third phrasal verb using ‘to put’. ‘It puts me off having a relationship with you’ So again, it’s guessable perhaps from the context, the rest of the sentence. If someone is ‘put off’, it means that they don’t feel like doing something. If there’s a fly in your soup, you’re likely to be ‘put off’ eating that soup. We also use ‘to put off’ meaning ‘to delay something’. For example ‘She put off accepting that job offer, because she was waiting to see if the other company made her an offer’. So two meanings here ‘to put off’ meaning ‘to cause you to have negative feelings for someone or something’ - and ‘to put off’ meaning ‘to delay something’.
Phrasal verbs ‘to put on’, ‘to put aside’
Next one. I feel put on, but I’m going to put aside my feelings and invite you to the party anyway. So ‘I feel put on’ - it’s more like ‘put on’ is being used as an adjective here - it’s a past participle, of course. If someone feels ‘put on’ - it means that they feel taken advantage of. Someone is taking advantage of them. So here ‘I feel put on - by you’. Means ‘I feel taken advantage of by you’. And we do use this as a verb - also ‘to put on someone’ means ‘to take advantage of someone’.
But in the second part of this sentence ‘but I’m going to put aside my feelings and invite you to the party anyway.’ So here ‘to put aside’ means ‘to ignore for now’, ‘to discount for the moment’ - that’s ‘to put aside’. So ‘I’m going to invite you to the party, even though I’m not feeling very happy with you!’. That’s what this means. I’m putting my feelings aside.
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Phrasal verbs ‘to put down to’
Last one part of that sentence? The sentence was ‘I’ll put your moods down to the stress of your job!’ So ‘to put something down to’ - means that you’re giving an explanation or a reason for it’. ‘My cake didn’t rise! I’ll put it down to the oven not being hot enough’. Another way of saying this would be ‘My cake didn’t rise. I think the reason was the oven wasn’t hot enough’. Another example? ‘My car didn’t start this morning. I’ll put it down to a flat battery’. So the explanation that I’m giving for my car not starting this morning - the battery is flat. So be careful ‘to put down’ or ‘to put someone down’ means to criticise or belittle, whereas ‘to put something down to something’ means ‘to give a reason for something’.
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More podcasts on phrasal verbs?
Phrasal verbs are hard! You’ll need to listen to this podcast a number of times, until you start to remember the different meanings. In summary, they were:-
‘To put up with’ meaning ‘to tolerate’, whereas if you agree to ‘put someone up’ that means you give them a bed for the night in your home! You invite them to stay.
‘To put someone down’ means ‘to criticise somebody or to belittle them’, whereas ‘to put something down to’ means ‘to give a reason for something’.
We also covered ‘to put someone off something’ - think of the fly in the soup example. A fly in your soup puts you off eating that soup, whereas ‘to put something off’ means ‘to delay something’.
If you’re feeling ‘put on’ or ‘someone is putting on you’, that means they’re taking advantage. Whereas if you put something aside, it means you’re going to ignore if for now.
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