Phrasal verbs:

Break
Valentina Medina
Paula Gómez
 David’s car
Break down broke down on
the way to the
● To stop functioning airport
● To destroy
something or make
it disappear He broke down
● To lose control of when he heard
feelings / collapse
the bad news
Break into She only managed to
break into the music
industry later in life.
● To enter using
force
The thieves
● To be admitted
into or be allowed smashed a
to enter a business window in order
to break into the
building
 I'm sorry to
● To interrupt or
break into your interject a
chat, but could I conversation.
borrow your
pen?

His loud voice

broke into their
conversation
 Alexa broke up
with her Break up
boyfriend last
night
● To end a
relationship

I want to break up ● To disrupt the

my usual routine usual flow of
something
with some
excitement!
 Those shoes won’t be
Break in uncomfortable for
long. You just need to
● To enter using break them in.
force

● To begin using or
wearing
something until it The thieves broke
becomes in through the side
comfortable. door that was left
unlocked
 Three prisoners
Break out broke out of jail
in the middle of
the night
● To scape
A pandemic
● Start suddenly broke out at the
end of the year
2019
Break He grabbed her,
but she
away managed to
● To scape break away.
● To become
separated Two of the
● To leave and tourists broke
become away from the
independent tour group.
 LET’S
PRACTIC
E
 Which phrasal verb is being described?
1 2 3
BREAK DOWN BREAK INTO BREAK OUT
To be unable to stop To enter a building by
to start / to happen
yourself crying using force

4 5 6
BREAK DOWN BREAK AWAY BREAK UP
to move away from
to stop working / cease to To come to an end
someone who is holding
function (marriage, relationship…)
you
Well done!
 A Breaks up

B Breaks down

ROSE
C Breaks into
 ANSWER

MERCURY VENUS

ROSE
A Breaks up B Breaking away C Breaking up
ANSWER
 Used in a literal
A way: his car broke
down

Used in a figurative
way: he collapsed / he
B had no control of his
feelings / he cried

His alarm
C didn't work
this morning
A Breaks away

B Break away

C Break into
ANSWER
A criminal ___________ a high-security jail
today.
The criminal: A Broke away of

B Breaks out of

C Broke out of
ANSWER
A Broke away

B Breaks out

C Broke out
ANSWER
THANKS
!
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