ONE HOUR ENGLISH LESSON - Top 50 Phrasal Verbs in English

Today you're going to learn if the  phrasal verbs that native speakers  

actually use. Of course, I'm Jennifer and  welcome back to G force English training  

your place to become a fluent confident  English speaker. And in this lesson,  

you're first going to watch a group of 10 phrasal  verbs. And then you're going to complete a quiz  

to make sure you know how to use those phrasal  verbs. And then we'll continue on with the next  

group. So you're also going to complete five  quizzes in this lesson. Let's get started.   

Number one to come around to an opinion or an  idea. And this means to change your opinion  

or to see a new point of view. Now notice  the sentence structure because we have two  

prepositions around and to and then after to  we need something we need a noun an opinion or  

an idea. For example, I came around to the new  job after I heard about the benefits package.  

So remember, this means you change  your opinion. So previously,  

you didn't want the new job. But now you've come  around to it. So you've changed your opinion.  

Now you want the new job because you heard about  the benefits package. We commonly use this  

without the preposition to and without specifying  the something when the something has already been  

mentioned. For example, at first I didn't  want to move to Boston, but I came around  

after I visited. So notice I didn't say I came  around to something because the something had  

already been mentioned. So I came around to  the idea after I visited number two it to get  

across a point or message and this is when  you clearly and effectively communicate   

a point or a message. For example, make sure you  get across that the project is over. Budget.   

So if you're having a meeting with a client and  your boss has very particular message or idea,   

the project is over budget, and your boss  wants you to communicate that in a clear,  

effective way. Your boss wants to make sure  you get that across. Now we also use this when  

you're talking you're talking you're talking  and the ideas aren't really coming out very well.  

And after a while you stop and you say what  I'm trying to get across is and then you see  

your point. What I'm trying to get across is  the project is over budget number three it to  

show off. This is when you deliberately  display your skills or abilities in a way to  

impress other people. Now this is frequently used  in the negative don't show off, don't show off,  

but there's definitely a time and a place  when you want to show off. For example   

when you're going to a job interview. You  shouldn't be modest. You should show off your   

skills and abilities. You should talk about all  your awards, your accomplishments, your degrees,   

the compliments you've received. You want to show  off all of your experience to the interviewer. So  

an interview is the perfect time to show off.  Also if you're going for your IELTS exam,   

you don't want to be modest with your knowledge of  the English language you want to show off your   

abilities. By using a range of grammatical  structures and a range of phrasal verbs and   

idioms and expressions you want to show off  to the interviewer number four to count on.  

Now this is exactly the same as to rely on  or to depend on. So you have three different  

phrasal verbs all with on that mean the exact  same thing and this is of course when you trust  

someone or something to complete a specific task  or objective for example, I can always count on  

Selma to stay late. So you can trust Salma to  complete the specific task or objective, which  

is to stay late. And remember you could replace  this with rely on I can always rely on Selma,  

or depend on I can always depend on Selma. Now  we frequently use this in a question response.  

For example, Can I count on you?   Can I count on you to close the deal?  

And then you can reply back and say absolutely  you can count on me. Number five to come  

between. Now this is when something disturbs a  relationship. And that relationship can be a  

professional relationship, a social relationship,  romantic, family relationship, it can be  

any kind of relationship. For example, Jacob  and Marcus were best friends until Sylvie came  

between them. So that's the image you could have.  They were close, Jacob and Marcus, but then  

Sylvie came between them and now they're divided.  Sylvie disturbed their relationship. Now it's  

very common for a girl or a guy to come between a  relationship but it doesn't have to be a person.  

It could be that Jacob and Marcus were very  close, but the promotion came between them.  

The new job came between them. Their family came  between them. Their politics came between them.  

Their religion came between them, it could  be anything came between them. Money is a  

good one as well that comes between people in  relationships. And remember you can use this in  

any type of relationship. Number six to put up  with something or someone. And notice this is  

a two preposition phrasal verb put up with put up  with and we use this to say that you tolerate   

bad behavior or unwanted behavior to put up with.  For example, I don't know how you put up with  

your boss. I don't know how you tolerate your  boss. Now of course we can be more specific  

and specify the action that the boss does.  I don't know how you put up with your boss's  

constant criticism, for example, or your  boss's distasteful jokes. For example,  

I don't know how you tolerate it. Now we commonly  use this to say I'm not going to put up with   

and then the behavior. I'm not going to put  up with your constant criticism any longer.   

Number seven to bounce back. Now to bounce  back. This is when you recover or recuperate.  

Now, you can use this when you recover from  a negative situation in a business context,  

like for example, a bad sales quarter or a bad  product launch for example, but it can also be  

when you recover or recuperate from an illness.  So you can use it in both those situations.  

For example, in a workplace situation, you  could say, I don't know how we'll bounce back   

from our laws in q2. So I don't know how we'll  recover. And then you could have a discussion.  

How can we bounce back? Does anyone have any  ideas on how we can bounce back? Now in terms of  

recovering or recuperating from an illness, you  could say it took me a while to bounce back after  

my surgery. So it took me a while to  recover, recuperate number eight, act  

up. This means to behave badly, or strangely.  This is very commonly used with parents describing  

the actions of their young children or even their  older children. My son keeps acting up behaving  

badly, but we can also use this with devices and  objects. For example, my computer keeps acting up  

behaving strangely. My computer keeps acting up.  I hope it doesn't break. Number nine to make it up  

to someone. This is quite a long one. So pay  attention to this sentence structure to make it  

up to someone. Now we use this when you try to  compensate for a wrongdoing. For example, let's  

say it's your best friend's birthday. And you  can't go for whatever reason. So this is the wrong  

doing not going to your best friend's birthday  party. Now if you want to compensate for that  

wrongdoing, you could say I'm so sorry. I can't  make your birthday party. I promise, I'll make it  

up to you. I'll make it up to you by taking you  out for a nice dinner. I'll make it up to you by   

going to the movies with you. I'll make it up  to you by buying you a really nice present. So   

those are the ways you're going to compensate. Now  you might be wondering what is this IT, in make   

it up to someone? We use it with it because what  you're trying to compensate for has already been   

explained. So you don't have to say it again.  Now you can use this in a business context.   

Let's say you went over-budget on a client's  project. And you might say to your team,   

how are we going to make it up to the client. How  are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing.   

The wrongdoing was you went over-budget.  And then maybe someone would suggest,  

we can make it up to them by offering a  discount or offering a free product, offering  

an extra service. So those are how you're  going to compensate for the wrongdoing,  

to make it up to someone. Number  10, to barge in. When you barge in,  

you enter a place a location unexpectedly and you  interrupt whatever is taking place. For example,  

I was in my office working and this kid just  barged in and handed me his CV. But later I  

hired him. So by saying the kid barged in, it  implies that he didn't have an appointment. He  

wasn't expected. He just barged in unexpectedly  and he interrupted whatever I was working on.  

But in this case it was successful because he  got the job. So now you have the first group so  

let's complete your quiz. Here are the questions  for the quiz. You need to complete each sentence  

using the correct phrasal verb. So go ahead  and hit pause now and complete the quiz.   

Here are the correct answers. Go ahead  and hit pause and see how well you did.   

So make sure you share your score in the comments  and now let's continue with your second group of  

phrasal verbs. Number one: to abide by. This is   more of a formal phrasal verb because it's used  

when you accept or follow a rule or regulation.   So we use it mainly with government rules,  

court rules, even business rules as well. For  example, as a tourist you have to abide by the  

rules of the country you're visiting. So if you  see a sign that says no parking, you have to abide  

by that rule. You have to follow that rule.   Now remember, we also use this to say you accept,  

you accept, but then you follow it. For example,   let's say you go to court because of a dispute,  

and the court doesn't rule in your favor. You   still have to abide by that decision. You have to  

accept it and then follow it. So this is a more   formal phrasal verb, but it's very useful because  

we all have to abide by many different rules,