Top 10 Phrasal Verbs in English - Most Common Phrasal Verbs

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Today, you're going to learn 10 phrasal verbs in English, and having these phrasal verbs

in your vocabulary is going to help you sound fluent sound, natural sound, a it will help

you understand native speakers as well.

Because our vocabularies are filled with phrasal verbs.

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Are you ready to learn the top 10 phrasal verbs in English?

Now make sure you stay right to the end because at the end of the lesson, I'm going to quiz

you on all your new vocabulary.

So you can complete the quiz right at the end.

Now let's dive in.

Number one, ask someone out.

Now pay attention to the sentence structure because notice here, I'm using someone, you

only ask someone out.

You don't ask something out.

And here's the reason why, when you ask someone out, it's to invite them on a romantic evening

together, also known as a date.

So to ask someone out, you invite them on a date.

A date is a romantic evening spent with someone.

Of course it doesn't have to be an evening, it could be a morning coffee date, or an afternoon

date as well.

But I just said evening, because most of the time, it is in the evening.

So let me give you an example sentence.

Why hasn't Jeff asked Maria out yet.

He's obviously into her.

So notice here, why hasn't Jim asked Maria out, ask someone out.

Our someone is Maria.

Now of course you're new, the subject who's doing the action.

So Jim, is inviting Maria on a date.

A date is always romantic, right.

Now, Maria could say no, and we're going to talk about that later on and one of our phrasal

verbs.

So let me give you that example, again.

Why hasn't Jim asked Maria out yet.

He's obviously into her.

Now you might be wondering, Jennifer, what does that mean he's obviously into her.

Well that's our next phrasal verb.

To be into someone.

To be into someone.

Now here, I'll point out that you can also be into something, but first let's talk about

to be into someone.

When you're into someone, I'm sure you noticed, based on the context.

But it means to like someone romantically.

Now, the context is really important, because I'm going to give you a musician who I'm really

into.

I'm really into Jack Johnson.

Now when I say that, oh I'm really into Jack Johnson.

I don't like Jack Johnson romantically, although he is pretty cute, I guess.

But I don't like him romantically.

But I really like his music.

So, if you use into someone, it depends on the context.

But there is this meaning of liking, and for the most part, that liking is romantic.

So if I said, Jim is into, Maria, he likes her romantically.

But if I'm talking about being into a celebrity or a musician or an actor, it's possible that

I just like them, but not necessarily romantically.

So keep that in mind.

Now remember I said you could also be into something.

Now, in this case, we're talking about liking something, and it's usually an activity or

a hobby.

So I was really into Jack Johnson when I was really into playing ukulele and playing guitar.

Jack Johnson is an amazing musician.

He plays guitar and he plays ukulele, so I was really into him.

And mainly when I was into playing ukulele and playing guitar.

Those are two activities I don't really do much anymore, simply because I don't have

time, it isn't a priority for me to do those activities, right now, at this stage in my

life.

Although one day, I would definitely like to do them again.

Now, so you can talk about any hobby or activity oh I'm really into going hiking.

I'm really into playing video games, so we use this with hobbies and activities mainly.

Our next phrasal verb to bring someone down.

To bring someone down is to make someone unhappy, but there's that transition because that person

was happy, and then something happened to bring them down.

And now they're not happy, or they're at least less happy than they were before.

So I could say: that movie really brought me down.

Now notice here the, my subject is the movie.

The movie brought me down.

I could also use a person.

My boss brought me down.

So something or someone can bring someone down.

That movie brought him down.

So I was happy, and then I watched the movie, and now I'm not happy.

Or I'm less happy, probably because the movie was very sad or depressing or something like

that.

Number four, to cheer up.

So you can think of this as the opposite, to cheer someone up is to make them happier.

And we commonly use this in the imperative.

Cheer up.

Cheer up, Julie, cheer up.

Don't be sad.

Cheer up.

So we commonly use it in the imperative.

But you can use it in other ways.

For example, I can say, I took my friend out to lunch, to cheer her up.

To cheer her up.

So that's the reason why I wanted to make her happier.

To cheer her up.

Number five, to pick someone or something up.

This is one of the most common phrasal verbs.

You probably know it.

But did you know you can also pick something up.

You pick someone up, and you also pick something up, and that's when you take an object or

a person from one location to another location.

So of course, you might know it in the sense of: I pick my kids up after school.

Or: I pick my husband up after work, right.

That's probably how we know it.

But you can use it with a something.

Maybe your husband could call you and say: Oh hey, can you pick milk up on your way home.

Can you pick milk up.

So you're going to go to a location, the store, get milk and take it to another location,

your home.

Can you pick milk up on your way home.

It's very common to get a call from someone and they ask you.

Oh hey, can you pick this up.

Can you pick this up on your way home.

And that something is a grocery item or something for your home.

So now you know how to use it with a someone or a something.

And what's the opposite of to pick someone up?

Well it's to drop someone off.

And you can also drop something off.

When you drop someone or something off, it's to leave someone or something at a specific

location.

So of course you can say, I dropped my husband off at work.

I dropped my friends off at the airport.

Now, you might also ask someone.

Can you drop this letter off on your way to work.

So they take the letter, and they leave it somewhere in a different location, the post

office, or a mail box.

Can you drop this letter off on your way to work.

Number seven, end up.

To end up is a very useful phrasal verb.

We use it to say that you eventually do something or eventually decide something.

So you might say, I ended up asking Julie out.

I ended up asking Julie out.

Who was our first example, I can't remember?

Oh, it wasn't Julie, it was Jim and Maria.

So let me give that again, Jim ended up asking Maria out.

So remember, before I said, why hasn't Jim asked Maria out yet.

So now, remember, to end up, that's to eventually do something.

So after a period of time.

So Jim ended up asking Maria out.

But, she turned him down.

Remember I said at the beginning, I'm going to teach you a phrasal verb.

If Maria, I was going to say Julie again, If Maria says: No.

Well that's to turn someone down.

That's our next phrasal verb: to turn someone down.

Now you can also turn something down.

Can you think of something that you might say no to?

How about a job offer, something like that.

So to turn someone down, to turn something down, is when you receive an invitation, or

a proposal to do something, and you say no, you decline, you refuse, you reject, you say

no.

So Maria turned Jim down.

Now you might also say, I was turned down for the job.

I was turned down.

Now you could turn that into an active sentence, But, they turned me down.

I was turned down by the company.

They turned me down.

So in this specific phrasal verb, it is commonly used in the passive, so I would get comfortable

with the passive, but you can use it in the active, of course, as well.

Number nine to fill in, or to fill out forms.

Okay so notice here I give you two propositions.

I know students get confused.

What's the difference between fill in and fill out.

There is no difference.

So, specifically with forms.

That's the only time that there is no difference, when you're entering information into a form,

you're filling in the form, you're also filling out that form, it doesn't matter which preposition

you use.

And honestly, I use both of them interchangeably.

So I just changed between fill in and out.

I use both.

And you can too.

So if you go to an office, they might say, oh, after you fill in this form, or after

you fill out this form, drop it off at reception.

Notice, drop it off at reception.

So take it to reception and leave it there.

Drop it off at reception.

Our final phrasal verb, to find out.

To find out is when you understand something.

You learn something, or you discover something.

So maybe going back to our character, Jim.

So maybe Jim could say, How did you find out that Maria turned me down.

So maybe Jim is a little embarrassed he thought this was just a secret nobody knew.

But then a friend tried to cheer him up because he knew Maria turns him down after he asked

her out.

Notice all our phrasal verbs.

So, Jim could say, How did you find out that Maria turned me down.

So how did you discover this.

How did you learn this.

How did you find this out.

And we use this when you want to get information, as well.

So I might say, I need to find out when the store closes, because I have a package, I

need to drop off, but I don't know when they close, I need to find that out.

So learn or discover that specific information.

So now you have the top 10 phrasal verbs in your vocabulary and as you saw, you can use

them all together and native speakers when we speak our sentences could have 3, 4, 5

phrasal verbs in one sentence.

So you need to get really comfortable and confident using phrasal verbs.

So, are you ready for your quiz.

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Your top three phrasal verbs from the list of the top 10 and leave example sentences

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