Phrasal Verbs in Daily English Conversations

Today, we're going to practise two daily conversations

to help you improve your fluency.

Hello and welcome everyone. This is Minoo at Anglo-Link.

As we often use phrasal verbs in our daily conversations,

I have included quite a few of these verbs for you

in these two dialogues. Just to remind you,

a phrasal verb is a verb that consists of two parts.

The first part is always a short verb,

like 'give', 'go', 'come', 'get' etc.

and the second part is a preposition,

like 'in', 'on', 'up',

'down' etc. Now, each phrasal verb

usually has a non-phrasal synonym. For example,

'You can give up smoking.' or

'You can quit smoking.'

'You can fill in a form.' or 'You can complete a form.'

So really, in terms of speaking,

you don't need phrasal verbs to express yourself. However,

as native speakers use them quite a lot

in their daily conversations, you need to be familiar with them.

Now, the best way to learn these phrasal verbs is in context, in dialogues,

in conversation. Please don't waste your time

memorising phrasal verbs from a list.

Now, in the two dialogues that we're going to practise, I have constructed each sentence

first without a phrasal verb, and then

with a phrasal verb.

And I'd like you to listen to and repeat both versions

carefully several times until you have got a really good grasp

of the meaning and the way we use these verbs.

So, when you're ready, we can begin!