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PHRASAL VERBS

los phrasal verbs se componen de verbos simples a los que se les añade una preposición o un
adverbio. A veces, esta partícula provoca un ligero cambio en el significado del verbo (lo
matiza) pero, en otras ocasiones, comporta un cambio totalmente radical. Por este motivo son
tan difíciles de aprender (muchas veces no queda más remedio que aprenderlos de memoria).
Sin embargo, existen algunos phrasal verbs más comunes que te pueden ayudar a dominar la
lengua.
Work= trabajar / I work in a Company. – I worked in a company – I will work in a …
Work out= ejercitarse / I work out at home. I worked out at home – I will work out at ghome.

Phrasal verbs: lista

1. Back up: apoyar. The rest of the team backed her up when she told Management about her
plans. También puede significar «dar marcha atrás» o «hacer una copia de seguridad».
2. Bring up: mencionar algo. Don’t bring up the budget during the meeting, please.
3. Carry out: llevar a cabo. The company is carrying out a plan to increase salaries by 20% next
year.
4. Come across: encontrarse a alguien por casualidad. I went to the park and came across your
brother – he is looking so grown up now!
5. Come up with: ocurrirse (una idea, solución…). Remember our IT problem? Well, Carlos has
come up with a great solution!
6. Drop off: dejar a alguien en un sitio. Marcos is dropping me off at the airport today.
7. Find out: averiguar. María got promoted when they found out she has excellent business
skills.
8. Get along: llevarse bien. Do you get along with your English teacher? I think she’s really
cool.
9. Get back to: responder más tarde. Let me check out some numbers and I will get back to you
with an answer this afternoon.
10. Get over: superar. He has gotten over his breakup quite well, don’t you think?
11. Give up: dejar un hábito. I gave up smoking last May. También puede significar «rendirse».
12. Hurry up: darse prisa. Hurry up or we will never make it in time!
13. Look after: cuidar de alguien. I’m looking after the children while my sister is at work.
14. Make up: recuperar. Making up for lost time. Otros posibles significados: hacer las paces,
maquillarse, inventar…
15. Pick up: recoger. Can you pick me up at the train station? También puede significar
«aprender por casualidad»: I picked up some French while I was living in Paris.
16. Point out: señalar. Thanks for pointing this out, John -otherwise we could have made a big
mistake.
17. Set up: fundar, establecer. I have always wanted to set up my own freelance business.
18. Turn on/off: encender/apagar. Can you turn the lighs off when you leave, please?
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19. Turn out: ocurrir de manera diferente a lo esperado. As it turns out, John didn’t get the job in
Advertising -he is going to Australia for a gap year instead.
20. Turn up: llegar o aparecer. Mike hasn’t turned up yet. Do any of you know where is he?

Match the words to the pictures. Then read the definitions about some of them and write the ver

Have somebody as a boyfriend or girlfriend: go out with.

1 break down
2 throw away
2 3 break up
4 pay for
Stop being with somebody, for example a husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfrie
5 look after
6 laugh at
7 agree with
8 look for
9 hold on Put something in the dustbin because you don’t want it: __________
10 go out with
78 11 look at
12 give up
13 run out
Not do something that you promised to do for somebody: _________
14 come round
15 let down
16 forget about

Have the same idea as another person about something: __________

Not remember something; not have something in your mind any more: _____________

Have no more of something: ___________________________

Stop trying to do something, because you know that you cannot do it: _____________

Take care of somebody or something: _______________________

Try to find somebody or something: ________________________