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12 PHRASAL VERBS FOR LOVE &

RELATIONSHIPS
VOCABULARY LESSON
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In this lesson, you will learn 12 phrasal verbs that will help you easily talk
about your love life! These phrasal verbs will help you sound more
natural and increase your fluency as an English speaker.

No. Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

He asked me out at a party and

to invite someone on a
1 To ask out we've been inseparable ever
date
since.

to take somebody on a
date
(Normally, the person who On our first date, he took me out
2 To take out
takes the other person out to a restaurant.
will offer to pay for the
date.)

to give somebody the I don't want to keep agreeing to

3 To lead on wrong idea about your dates with him because I don't
intentions want to lead him on.

to have more of a casual

4 To hook up relationship with I hooked up with her last night.
somebody

I broke up with my girlfriend

to lose closeness; to not
5 To drift apart because we drifted apart. We
see eye to eye
went our separate ways.

He broke up with me because I

6 To break up to end a relationship
was too grumpy.

7 To split up to end a relationship We split up last year.

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to get back together We made up, and it's been

8 To makeup
with someone great ever since!

A: Why did you split up?

to tolerate somebody
To put up
9 or somebody's
with B: I couldn't put up with his
behaviour
snoring!

to cheat on to be unfaithful in We broke up because he

10
somebody one's relationship cheated on me!

to mess
to treat someone in a He really messed me around
11 somebody
very bad way when he cheated on me.
around

to find a stable I think I am ready to settle

To settle
12 relationship; to have a down with her. She is the
down
more relaxed lifestyle one!

QUICK HISTORY FACT:

LOVE
Have you ever written your sweetheart a little love note? You might be
surprised to know that the first love poem titled The Love Song for Shu-Sin
dates back to 2000 BC. Archaeologists discovered the tablet in ancient
Mesopotamia. The author of the poem used the Sumerian writing system
known as cuneiform. Cuneiform utilizes pictographs to represent words.
Scholars believe that The Love Song for Shu-Sin was not just a love poem,
but in fact, it was part of a sacred tradition in which the king would
symbolically marry the goddess of love ensuring fertility and prosperity
throughout the land.

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Activity
Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete each sentence.

1) I can't stand him anymore! I think it is time for us to __________.

a. makeup
b. ask out
c. break up

2) She _______________ for two weeks! Why would she do that?

a. lead me on
b. settled down
c. split up

3) After five years together, we both felt that we were _____________. It is sad, but it is
time to move on.

a. drifting apart
b. settling down
c. asking out

4) Jared _______________ to a fancy French restaurant last night. It was so romantic.

a. messed me about
b. took me out
c. put up with

Which phrasal verb can you use to replace the underlined portion of the sentence?

5) She said that she was looking for a stable relationship. I am just looking to have
some fun!

a. to hook up
b. to take me out
c. to settle down

6) Dave treated her in a very bad way. I am glad that they are no longer together.

a. messed her about

b. asked her out
c. split up with her

7) They ended their relationship yesterday. That is why things are so awkward.

a. lead on
b. split up
c. hooked up

8) He was unfaithful in their relationship. He had two other girlfriends!

a. cheated on her
b. took her out
c. broke up with her
1) c 2) a 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) a 7) b 8) a

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12 FOOD PHRASAL VERBS

VOCABULARY LESSON

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Are you ready to take your food-related vocabulary to the next level?
Get ready to "pig out" on these 12 phrasal verbs that are all about food!
After this lesson, you will be able to speak freely and comfortably at
your next dinner party.

Eating:

No. Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

I am meant to be on a really
1 To pig out to eat a lot of food strict diet, but I pigged out last
night.

Come on, eat your food up or

2 To eat up to eat everything
you'll be hungry.

Are you feeling all right? You've

To pick at to unwillingly eat a small
3 been picking at your food for
something amount of food
ages.

to eliminate something Sorry, no cake for me! I am

4 To cut out
from your diet cutting out sugar.

to reduce the amount of

To cut back My doctor told me I need to cut
5 a specific food or food
(on) back on fat.
group that you eat

To bolt/wolf I wolfed down my breakfast this

6 to eat everything quickly
down morning because I had no time.

Stop and think!

If you could pig out on any food, what would it be? Try to describe this
food with a lot of detail and tell why you would choose to eat it up.

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Cooking:

No. Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

to prepare a meal very

Here were are, something I
7 To whip up quickly or with little
whipped up yesterday.
effort

Do you want me to cut up your

8 To cut up to cut into pieces
food for you?

to cut something with

sharp blows, usually If you cut the pie up, I'll chop up
9 To chop up
related to something the vegetables.
hard (vegetables or fruit)

to cause liquid to Can you run and get the peas? I

10 To boil over
overflow while boiling think they're boiling over.

Do you want me to warm up

11 To warm up to heat your dinner for you when you
get home?

to cook something by Do you want me to fry up some

12 To fry up
frying it bacon?

PHRASAL
VERB
FUN FACT!
There are over 10,000 phrasal verbs in the English language!
That is a hefty amount of phrasal verbs!

Luckily, most of them are easy enough to understand just by

looking at their component parts.

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Activity
Choose the correct form of each phrasal verb.
1) I ______________________ bacon from my diet starting Monday!
a. will cut out
b. cut out
c. have been cutting out

2) We _______________________ on pizza yesterday. I don't think I will eat pizza for months!
a. pig out
b. are pigging out
c. pigged out

3) David _________________________ his dinner because he was late picking up the kids.
a. bolts down
b. bolted down
c. is bolting down

4) Can you watch the pot? I don't want the water to ___________________.
a. boiling over
b. boiled over
c. boil over

5) I know it is not pretty - I _____________________ in about 15 minutes.

a. whipped it up
b. am whipping it up
c. whip it up

6) I am teaching her to ______________________ the vegetables so that she can help me prepare
dinner.
a. chopping up
b. chop up
c. chopped up

7) Come over on Saturday, we are going to ________________ some chips and play some games.
a. fry up
b. frying up
c. fried up

8) He _____________________ some pie in the microwave. You should try it with a bit of vanilla
ice cream!
a. warming up
b. warmed up
c. is warm up
1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) a 6) b 7) a 8) b

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10 'TURN' PHRASAL VERBS

VOCABULARY LESSON
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In this lesson, we will learn phrasal verbs that use the verb turn.
Learning these phrasal verbs will help to improve your listening,
conversational and listening skills.

No. Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

to start a device by Can you turn on the lights when

1 To turn on
switching it on you leave, please?

to stop a device by
2 To turn off Turn off the TV and listen to me.
switching it off

I thought my homework was

3 To turn out to result or end up going to turn out better than
this.

To turn Turn around; you've left the

4 to rotate
around label in your jacket.

to return to a previous Once you move out, there's no

5 To turn back
state of being turning back.

To turn We were great friends and then

6 to oppose
against she turned against me.

I want you all to turn in your

7 To turn in to submit something
homework on Monday morning.

to refuse, decline or I asked him out, but he turned

8 To turn down
reject something me down. He rejected me.

to transform into She clicked her fingers, and he

9 To turn into
something turned into a frog.

to appear suddenly or
10 to turn up Look who just turned up!
attend an event

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Activity
Choose the correct word from the box to complete each
phrasal verb. Use each word once.

turned out turn back turn on turn up turn off

turned turning
turn in turn down turned into
around against

1) Make sure you ________________ your project before you leave for vacation.
We will review it on Monday.

2) These cookies ________________ wonderfully. Can you give me the recipe?

3) Make sure you use the toilet before the bus departs because it cannot
________________ and return to the bus terminal.

4) I can't believe they are all ________________ the prime minister. I thought
they were all on his side.

5) I am very impressed with the novel you wrote. It ________________ quite a

masterpiece!

6) Don't forget to ________________ the boiler after you have finished bathing.
I am not made of money!

7) Well look who decided to _________________!

8) When she ________________, her brother, whom she hadn't seen in five
years, was standing there. She was so surprised!

9) Why is it so dark in here? Can we ________________ some lights?

10) I think I am going to ________________ the promotion. I am flattered, but I

want to live abroad for a few years.

around 9) turn on 10) turn down

1) turn in 2) turned out 3) turn back 4) turning against 5) turned into 6) turn off 7) turn up 8) turned

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25 BEAUTIFUL PHRASAL VERBS

VOCABULARY LESSON
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This lesson is will introduce you to 25 beautiful phrasal verbs that are
common in both British and American English. These phrasal verbs will
help you to build up your English vocabulary to sprinkle into your daily
conversations.

No. Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

I wish Amanda would stop

1 To crow about to brag about something crowing about her promotion - I
wanted that position!

Please stop fawning over my

to flatter someone
2 To fawn over grandmother; you are
excessively
embarrassing me!

I would love to take you for

to talk about something
To bounce lunch and bounce a few ideas
(usually an idea) in order
3 (something) off you - we’re in the final stages
to receive an opinion or
off of a big campaign.
feedback

I can’t decide which university

To mull to think deeply and
to attend - I’m going to spend
4 (something) seriously about
the weekend mulling over my
over something
options.

NOT THESE PHRASAL VERBS ARE SEPARABLE,

E MEANING YOU CAN INSERT WORDS BETWEEN
THE VERB AND PREPOSITION. KEEP AN EYE
OUT FOR OTHER SEPARABLE PHRASAL VERBS!

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Sheila is still plodding along

to progress at a very
5 To plod along with her latest attempt at a
slow, steady rate
romance novel.

To keep She’s been working so hard

to continue a course of
6 (something) on her course - I hope she’s
action
up able to keep it up!

To figure I just need to figure out why

to solve or discover the
7 (something) my hot tap is cold, and my
source of a problem
out cold tap is hot!

1) to go to the place that

someone is leaving from
in order to say goodbye 1) I’ll come to the port to see
To see
to them you all off on the cruise ship!
(something or

someone) off
8 2) to defeat someone or 2) Oh! Don’t worry about my

something, or to deal awful aunt coming to the

Slang: to finish off

with them effectively so wedding - I’ll see her off.

something that is bad
for you
that that person or thing

Would you like me to see off can no longer cause

that last bottle of wine?
harm

To bash
to strike and dent or Your stray cricket ball bashed
9 (something)
damage something in my Mini Cooper.
in

To call If I behave poorly enough,

to cancel an event or
10 (something) William might have to call
agreement
off the wedding off!

1) We’re hoping to buy a

1) to repair or decorate a
derelict house and do it up!
To do building so that it looks

11 (something) attractive
2) Could you do up my dress
up

for me? It appears to have

2) to fasten something
shrunk!

To muster
to gather or bring I’ll see if I can muster up the
12 (something)
together courage to talk to my boss.
up

To gobble You must’ve been hungry -

to use a lot of something
13 (something) you gobbled half of my
very quickly
up dinner up too!

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She’ll have to face up to the fact

to accept that a difficult
14 To face up to that peonies won’t be in season
situation exists
for her September wedding.

to support or defend
someone or something,
I don’t need your support - I can
15 To stick up for especially when that
stick up for myself!
person or thing is being
criticized

Our wedding invitations list is

to remove people, or
16 To weed out too long - we’ll have to weed
things, for a group
some people out!

to tell someone about an

To run
idea or plan so that they Have you run this by David? I
17 (something)
can give you their think he’ll like it.
by
opinion

to buy a large amount of

To stock up something so that you Many Brits are stocking up on
18
on will have enough for the toilet roll ready for Brexit.
future

to talk or complain Can you stop harping on about

To harp on
19 about something many how great Miranda looked at the
about
times party!?

to produce something in How on earth did I manage to

20 To crank out large amounts, like a crank out 25 stunningly beautiful
machine does advanced phrasal verbs!?

to tell the police or

I can’t believe Mary grassed on
someone in authority
21 To grass on Bob to the police about his
about something bad
illegal chicken farm.
that someone has done

to move or happen at a
I found maths very hard at school
slower pace than
22 To lag behind - I lagged behind the majority of
someone or something
my peers
else

to talk about someone

To build or something in a very
They’ve built her up to be
23 (something or positive way so that
something that she isn’t.
someone) up people are impressed
with them

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to make someone think

to build up
that something good is I don’t want to build up her

someone’s
going to happen when in hopes if he’s not coming back.
hopes
fact it is very unlikely

His family were asking after you

24 To ask after to ask about
at the party.

to write or mark down I highly suggest you jot down

25 To jot down
quickly or briefly these phrasal verbs!

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF PHRASAL

VERBS!

TRANSPARENT: phrasal verbs that are easy to

understand by looking at the verb and
preposition.
IDIOMATIC: phrasal verbs that cannot be
understood simply by looking at the verb and
preposition. Idiomatic phrasal verbs are more
similar to separate vocabulary words that need
to be learned.
ASPECTUAL: these phrasal verbs are similar to
transparent phrasal verbs. They are easy to
understand by looking at the separate parts.
However, the particles or prepositions
describe the action as being completed or
ongoing.

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Activity
Look at the underlined phrasal verb in each sentence. Choose
the correct option for each sentence.
1) She was fawned over my boyfriend right in front of me!
a. was fawning over
b. fawns over
c. correct as is

2) I gobbled up the slice of cake as soon as it was placed in front of me.

a. was gobbling up
b. gobble up
c. correct as is

3) He always stick up for his little sister. He is such a good brother.

a. sticked up for
b. sticks up for
c. correct as is

4) We are cranks out these designs faster than we ever have!

a. are cranking out
b. are crank out
c. correct as is

5) I asked after his mom, I guess she isn't doing so well.

a. asks after
b. am asking after
c. correct as is

6) They will have to facing up to the consequences of their actions.

a. faces up to
b. face up to
c. correct as is

7) We are mulling over the housing options. There are just too many nice choices!
a. mulled over
b. mulls over
c. correct as is

8) I am going to mustered up the courage to travel to India alone!

a. muster up
b. musters up
c. correct as is
1) a 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) a

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