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Phrasal verbs …and zombies!


your lesson starts now
hello wake up do you know you are
don’t get up you’re safe here
the zombies are out there and they can’t
get in so you’re safe don’t even speak
English I don’t think they speak English
hola
guten tag meow hello
amici whoa hang on how we gonna teach
them how to survive they don’t even
speak English phrasal verbs get see Jack
phrasal verb blessing Dan okay we’ll
just give them survival tips like it’s a
phrasal verb lesson it yeah you do that
I’ll do me
so what is a phrasal verb what is a verb
and a preposition the meaning isn’t
always obvious but the preposition can
have a common meaning
so if you understand the common meanings
of these prepositions then you’ll
probably understand what the phrasal
verb means for example your first tip
let’s look at phrasal verbs with up the
up preposition we always listen to the
radio to see if there are any other
survivors in the area so for example
listen Tom turn the radio up see I say
turn the radio up phrasal verbs with up
means an increase so turn up increase
the volume here’s your second tip you
need to be careful of zombies there are
so many and recently the number of
zombies around this area has really
increased how could I say with a phrasal
verb well I could say the number of
zombie attacks has gone up so you see
the common meaning of up is an increase
of something but that doesn’t mean every
phrasal verb with up means increase
sometimes the meaning is random and has
no logical sense for example turn up
could mean increase the volume but turn
up can also mean up here another thing
about phrasal verbs we could say the
word up here but in English it’s more
common to say turn up to say it the
phrasal verb way another one could be
like the word quit yeah I could say I
quit something but the phrasal verb give
up also means quit and it’s more common
like I give rise for example I’m giving
up a life because of all I’m sorry he’s
really pessimistic don’t listen to him
okay so if up if the common meaning is
an increase what do you think about I
think I hear zombie
Tom Tom okay if turn-up means an
increase in volume how can I say
decrease the volume
yeah Tom turn down the volume and again
the common meaning is decreased but
turned down to mean another thing it can
be reject for example my girlfriend I
wanted to marry her and she just turned
me down anyway a year azam be coming we
have to keep our voices down so to
clarify two things first thing the
preposition down in phrasal verbs
usually means a decrease and secondly
it’s always more common to use a phrasal
verb for example with stairs we could
say descend the stairs ascend the stairs
sure but that sounds strange and it
would be more common to use the phrasal
verb way go down the stairs go up the
stairs now another common meaning of
down is is associated with negative
feelings for example to put someone down
or bring someone down it’s to make them
feel bad usually with your words with
insults perhaps to let someone down it’s
to disappoint them
for example Tom always disappoints me
Tom always lets me down
hey see that shelter over there let’s go
in there so with the phrasal verb and a
preposition in means to enter a building
or enter a thing yeah that’s the most
common meaning of phrasal verbs with a
preposition in to enter a building or
enter something to get in or to go in it
means to enter something keep the
preposition in which means enter change
the verb it changes how you enter
something for example go in is normal
but break in that’s when someone Rob’s a
house they go into a house which isn’t
theirs they break in or move in you
change house you enter your new house
you move in you move in to your new
house or your contact lenses you enter
them into your eye you put them in your
eye other meanings of in could be like
fit in when someone is socially accepted
by a group for example you’re cool I
think you’re going to fit in with us or
to sleep in when you choose to sleep
later than you should for example I
didn’t want to wake up early today so I
slept in Tom give him another example so
for example you need to get in that
building see this weapon there take that
out so the phrasal verb with a
preposition out means to remove or to
exit so in the opposite way of in out
has the feeling of exiting something or
maybe removing something from your
pocket you take something out of your
pocket it was inside something you take
it out
other examples could be like get out you
exit a place get out of a building you
exit a building when you change house
and you leave your house you move out of
your house
another common meaning is something
becomes empty you run out of water there
is no more water your water supply is
empty or to be out of something you want
to say you don’t have anymore I’m out of
money
out of time we have no more money we
have no more time in a shop when they
don’t have any more of
an item they sell out I wanted to buy
the new iPhone but they sold out
so again emptiness other random meanings
of out workout means exercise you go to
the gym you work out chill out means to
relax when we’re not running away from
zombies we like to chill out to pass out
that’s when you lose consciousness
sometimes when I see blood I pass out or
to knock out to cause someone else to
lose consciousness for example in a
fight someone knocked someone out if you
understand the common meanings of the
prepositions you’ll understand a lot of
phrasal verbs so go in then bring your
head out okay so we can take it from
here
do you understand good
Hey look when this happens when a zombie
comes up to you it’s easy take out your
gun
shoot it zombies down now now we need to
escape we need to move to a different
place the preposition with escape or
move to a different place or even pry is
a way for example back away in the
opposite direction of something what get
away from a situation you escaped a
situation we need to move away or only
go we need to run away you run away from
that that’s true we need to run we need
to be very fast you okay hey
you get over cause that way
on the next phrasal verbs and zombies
you have to remember that zombies they
will never quit and now you feel that
now they will continue trying to get you
until you’re dead I’m over it
I just want to quit but you just need to
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