Top 10 Important Phrasal Verbs for Your Daily Routine

Hello, everybody.

My name is Emma, and I am an English teacher.

I'm here to help you with your English.

So in today's lesson, I wanted to talk about phrasal verbs.

Specifically, I wanted to talk about phrasal verbs we use in our everyday lives and our

daily routines.

So first, let me explain what is a phrasal verb and why are they important.

So phrasal verbs are a type of verb.

They are very common in the English language, especially in conversation.

So if you want to improve your conversation and speaking skills, one way to do this is

to learn more phrasal verbs.

So how is a phrasal verb different than a regular verb?

Well, I have here some examples of phrasal verbs.

I have "look up", "look over", "look on", "look at".

So if you notice, "look" is the same in all of these phrasal verbs, but the preposition

"up", "over", "on", and "at", they're different.

So a phrasal verb is a verb and a preposition together.

The preposition actually is what makes the meaning in the verb.

So what do I mean by this?

Well, "look up", "look over", "look on", and "look at" all have different meanings

because they have different prepositions.

So let's look at another example of some phrasal verbs.

I have here "get up", "get off", "get over", "get on", and there's many more phrasal verbs

with the word "get".

So each of these have a different meaning.

They are phrasal verbs because they each have a preposition.

The preposition changes the meaning of the verb "get".

So "get up" means something completely different than "get off", "get over", and "get on".

So in today's lesson, we are going to cover 10 of the most common phrasal verbs we use

in daily conversation and talking about our daily routines.

So the first phrasal verb I'm going to teach you today is one of my favourites, and that

is because it is my favourite thing to do in the world.

What am I talking about?

Sleep in.

So I love to sleep, and I love to sleep as late as possible on the weekend.

So that's what I mean by "sleep in".

On the weekend, I sleep in until - well, for me, maybe not 11am, but 10am.

On the weekend, I sleep in until 10am.

What does this mean?

Well, usually I wake up very early.

Usually I wake up at 6am, but on the weekend, I sleep longer than usual.

I stay in my bed longer than usual.

So that's what I mean by "sleep in".

It's when you stay in your bed later than usual.

So you'll notice the preposition here is "in".

The verb is "sleep".

Together, "sleep in" makes a phrasal verb.

And here I have the definition again.

It means to stay in bed, asleep, longer than usual.

Do you like to sleep in?

Maybe you can write about that in the comments below.

The next phrasal verb I have here is "get up".

So "get up" is usually the next thing we do in the morning.

When we get up, it means we leave our bed.

I don't know about you, I usually get up at 6am, and that's because I have a dog who wakes

me up.

So I get up at 6am, maybe some people get up at 7am.

But this is, again, a really important phrasal verb to learn, because every day we talk about

what time did we get up?

I got up at 6am today, yesterday I got up at 8am, so it's a very important phrasal verb.

The next phrasal verb is one that maybe many of you don't know, and that is the phrasal

verb "head out".

So when you see the word "head", you probably think of this thing.

That's your head, but "head" can also be a verb.

The verb "head" has different meanings.

In this case, the verb "head" plus "out" means to leave the house.

So for many people who have work, they head out in the morning.

I head out at 8am, that's the time I leave my house.

So "head out" has a similar meaning to "leave".

And again, in this case, what is the preposition?

Our preposition is "out".

What is the verb?

"Head".

So together, "head" and "out" equals a phrasal verb.

So I head out at 8am.

What time do you head out at in the morning?

All right, now let's look at some other phrasal verbs we use when we talk about our everyday

routines.

This next phrasal verb I use a lot because it has to do with lunch.

So every day, at lunch, I take my lunch out of the refrigerator, I go to the microwave,

and I heat up my lunch.

So what does this mean?

"Heat up" has the word "heat" in it.

"Heat" is a verb, and it means to make something hot.

There's different ways to make food hot.

For example, you might use an oven or a microwave.

But "heat up" means that you are making food hot, and usually that food is leftovers.

Leftovers is food that you have already cooked and put in the fridge.

Now you are taking that food out of the fridge and making it hot again.

So if you think about this, you make your lunch maybe the night before work, then you

go to work, you put your lunch in the refrigerator, when you take out your lunch and you put it

in the microwave, we call that "heating up" our food.

So I heat up my lunch in a microwave.

I might say to my friends at work, "Oh, you know, I'll meet you for lunch soon.

I need to heat up my lunch."

So this means I need to make my lunch warm or hot by using a microwave or an oven.

Okay, the next phrasal verb is a very important one.

I've talked to many learners about exercise, and I know many of you like to exercise, which

is great.

There is a great phrasal verb we can use that has the same meaning as "exercise", and that

is the phrasal verb "work out".

So "work out", in this case, "work" is the verb, "out" is a preposition, together they

make a phrasal verb.

So "work out" means exercise.

I work out every day.

And "work out" can be different types of exercise.

It might be lifting weights, it might be running or jogging.

So there are different ways to work out.

Now, this next word actually has to do with working out as well, and that is the word

"warm up".

So "warm" can be - it's a verb, "up" is a preposition, together these make a phrasal

verb, "warm up".

So what is the meaning of the phrasal verb "warm up"?

Well, it means preparing for an activity.

So for example, before I work out or before I run, I might walk.

This is preparing me for running.

So that is an example of warming up.

Sometimes before I work out, I stretch my arms, I might do some jumping jacks.

So it's light activity or light exercise to prepare for working out.

We also use this maybe in a classroom.

Your teacher might give you some exercises or activities to do to wake up your brain.

So your teacher might give you something to warm - to help you warm up.

So it's a light or an easy version of an activity that you do to prepare yourself.

So we've now covered six different phrasal verbs.

We're going to cover four more that are very important to your everyday routine.

So this next phrasal verb I use a lot, and that is "meet up with somebody".

So we have here the verb "meet", we have a preposition "up", together they make a phrasal

verb.

The meaning of the phrasal verb "meet up" is essentially it's the same like "meet",

but we use it more informally.

So this is the type of verb we will use when we talk about seeing our friends or seeing

people socially.

It's a very social verb.

We use it when we're talking about seeing people in a social context.

So "I meet up with my friends at a cafe."

One way to remember this verb is if you think about the TV show Friends, the six friends

- Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe - every day, I think, they would meet

up at a coffee shop.

So if you can think about what those friends did every day, you can remember this verb.

They meet up at a coffee shop.

The next phrasal verb is an important one as well, "go out".

So you probably know the verb "go".

"Go" is a very important verb in English, it's usually one of the first verbs people

learn.

"Go out" has a bit of a different meaning, because remember, when we take a verb and

we add a preposition, we create a new phrasal verb.

So what does "go out" mean?

Well, it means to leave the house, specifically.

So "I go out at 8.30pm."

This means I leave my house at 8.30pm.

You know, sometimes we talk about teenagers.

What time are you going out at?

If you have - if you know a teenager, teenagers love going out.

This means they love leaving the house to see their friends.

The next phrasal verb is sort of along the same lines.

"Go out" means to leave the house, "get in" means to return to your home.

So this one is to leave, whereas "get in" is to return home.

So "I get in at 10pm."

You might talk about this in the past.

Last night I went to a party, I got in at about midnight.

So this means return home.

And again, we have that word "get", which is, you know, the verb.

We have "in", which is the preposition.

Together, what do we call them?

We call "get in" a phrasal verb.

Okay, so now we are going to look at the very last phrasal verb of our daily routines that

we will talk about today.

So this next phrasal verb is my mom's favourite phrasal verb, and that is the phrasal verb

"tidy up".

So what does it mean to tidy up?

Well, it means to organize your things and to put things in the proper place.

So if you are a messy person, maybe you have an apartment and it's a little messy, and

you have people coming to visit, you probably want to tidy up your apartment.

So it's another way to say "clean", but we're talking more about organizing and putting,

you know, your clothes into the closet.

Maybe if you have books on the table, you pick them up and put them on the bookcase.

So when you tidy up, you put things into the right place where they're supposed to go.

So here's a simple example.

I tidy up my apartment, especially before people come over.

So we have covered 10 important phrasal verbs we use in everyday conversation.

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