20 COMMON English Phrasal Verbs for Students & Teachers

what's the difference between look at, look up,  and look through? Should we hand in, hand out,  

or hand over our assignments? and do we take  in, take down or take on new information?  

let's find out. hello everyone Anna here  from Englishlikeanative.co.uk today we are  

exploring 20 common phrasal verbs that are  particularly useful for, but not limited to,  

students and teachers. we'll break them down  one by one and then bring them all together in  

a very dramatic short story, that may or may not  be true - I will reveal all later on. oh and you  

can also download your worksheet for this lesson  by clicking on the link below and this worksheet  

will help you to to remember what you've learned  today. so let's begin with look at look at simply  

means to direct your gaze towards something to fix  your eyes on something for example the teacher is  

going to look at my artwork this afternoon it can  also mean to consider or think about something  

for example the school is looking at options  to improve the playground next the phrase of  

verb look up this means to search for information  on the Internet or in a reference book like let's  

look up the word flabbergast in the dictionary  o and the final phrasal verb using the verb look  

is look through hello this means to examine  something carefully such as I look through  

your test paper this evening and give you your  results tomorrow so that's look at look up and  

look through moving on to hand in this means to  submit something like don't forget to hand in  

your assignments the deadline is Monday morning  so that's hand in hand out means to distribute  

as in okay class I'm going to hand out the  worksheets now and hand over means to give  

something over to the control or possession of  someone else often but not always this is under  

duress so it's something that you have to do  for example if you're caught using your mobile  

phone in class you may have to hand your phone  over to the teacher hand in hand out and hand  

over now let's explore take in in the context  of learning it means to understand or absorb  

information for instance it took me a while to  take in all the details of the lecture take down  

is about making notes or recording something  very similar to write down as in I need to  

take down the important points from this meeting  and take on means to accept a responsibility or  

challenge as in she she decided to take on the  role of team leader take in take down and take

on so next we have something that you don't want  to do fall behind fall behind means to lag or not  

keep up with something this will happen during  a course if you are unwell and you can't attend  

your classes all the other students will now be  ahead of you in the course while you have fallen

behind okay you will likely work hard to catch  up stating I can't afford to fall behind in my  

studies now catch up or catch up with means to  reach the same level as someone or something like  

I need to catch up with my classmates in maths  read are on is about acquiring know by reading  

for example I need to read up on the history  of this topic miss out on this means to lose an  

opportunity you fail to make use of an opportunity  as in sorry guys I got to go I don't want to miss  

out on this chance to go to Australia see you  later go over this means to review or examine  

something thoroughly such such as let's go over  the running order for the sum of Fate again and  

sign up I'm sure you're all familiar with this one  it's about registering or enrolling in something  

like have you heard about my pronunciation course  lots of students have signed up next on the list  

we have figure out which means to solve a problem  or understand something like I need to figure out  

how to complete this task H now figure out is  similar to workout the workout has two meanings  

so it can mean to resolve an issue to figure  it out to resolve the situation or it can mean  

to exercise for example we need to work out this  problem together H or I work out at the gym every  

day and then we have find out which also means to  discover information like ah the students will be  

so excited when they find out that they all passed  with distinctions Now find out differs from work  

out and figure out because finding out can happen  with or without intention so I may just hear some  

news ah I found out I just heard it whereas figure  out and work out require intention hm and effort  

I've got to work hard to learn this to figure  this out to understand and find the solution  

okay so let's quickly run through those again  uhhuh run through that means to quickly examine  

or to look at a set of things so we will run  through the list now and then I will thrill you  

with my dramatic short story and you have to see  if you can spot the phrase of verbs in context oh  

and remember to download your worksheet so that  you can go through the exercises after class go  

through this is the last one on our list and it  means well go through can mean many different  

things but here it means to practice so the list  is look at look up look through hand in hand out  

hand over take in take down take on fall behind  catch up with read up on miss out on go over sign  

up figure out work out or work out find out run  through and go through now it is story time are  

you ready it was 1998 I was at College sitting  in my a-level math class looking at an algebra  

equation on the board Panic stricken for reasons  I won't go into I had fallen behind and despite my  

best efforts to catch up with everything I just  couldn't seem to get to grips with my algebra  

the teacher seemed to sense my discomfort with  the material and asked me to hand in my work I  

reluctantly refused stating that I I knew I'd got  the wrong answer but I didn't really understand  

why in an extremely cold manner he stood over me  and held out his hand in insistently requesting  

my workbook I handed over the little work that I  was able to do and sat there watching the teacher  

look through my scribbles with a frown on his  face finally he looked at me he wasn't happy  

he then proceeded to humiliate me in front of  the entire class by copying my incorrect work  

up on the board and asking everyone to figure out  where I had gone wrong he then made everyone go  

over the lesson that I had missed in order to  bring me up to speed I was so embarrassed when  

the bell rang I stormed out of the class with  tears in my eyes I decided never to step foot  

in inside that classroom again instead I grabbed  a prospectus and looked up creative arts courses  

that afternoon I had managed to sign up for a  drama course which was tricky as I had already  

missed out on the first four weeks of term when  my math teacher found out I had ditched his class  

he was very disappointed in me in me not in  himself it seems he hadn't worked out that  

the reason I left was because of him my new Drama  teacher couldn't be more different from my math  

teacher he was delightful and so welcoming in my  first class the students were going through some  

Shakespeare scenes that they had been working on  a young girl handed out the scripts and everyone  

stood up and got into position I was asked  to take on the role of narrator talk about  

throwing me in at the deep end my first read was  awful and I instantly doubted my decision to join  

the acting course in the following weeks I spent  my free time reading up on Shakespeare it was a  

lot to take in but I didn't give up and during  class I made sure to take down notes in every  

single class then during our final run through  of our Shakespeare scenes I finally felt like  

it was starting to make sense to me and I gave a  reasonably good performance did you spot all the  

phras of verbs you can return to this Tim stamp  in the video to listen again otherwise the answers  

can be found on the free worksheet the links are  below so the question is was that a true story  

of my time in college and the answer is partly  partly yes and no I did have an awful experience  

that awful experience in my a-level maths class  and that made me switch to a drama course instead  

but I wasn't thrown straight into performing  Shakespeare no it was much easier than that now  

phrasal verbs might seem challenging at first but  with practice and with these real life examples  

you can Master them so if you're in the mood for  some more phrasal verbs then check out this this  

video I'll put a link down below this is all about  phrasal verbs that you may use if you're driving  

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