Improve Your English in ONE HOUR | Advanced English In Use

Welcome to this one hour English fluency  master class to help you become fluent.

Now, to become fluent in English, you have to  know how to use all the confusing word pairs  

in English, all the confusing grammar rules, and  all the confusing vocabulary like phrasal verbs.

And that's exactly what you'll do.

By the end of this master class, you'll feel  more fluent and more advanced in English.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

First, in this master class, let's review  some confusing English grammar rules.

Well, we're going to do this as a quiz.

So you're going to see a sentence  and you will see different options,  

and you need to choose the best option.

Let's get started with question one.

MMM, to text Sue.

It's her birthday today.

The correct answer is C Don't forget to text Sue.

It's her birthday today.

The keyword in this question is 2,  which is the infinitive to text.

Now there's only one possible  option in the choices below  

where you can have the infinitive,  and that's C Don't forget to text.

Now, if this question didn't have to  

and it was just the base verb, well then AB and  D would be correct and C would be incorrect.

Question 2.

Mary went jogging today.

MMM.

Of the rain.

The correct answer is B in spite of  the rain, and that's your keyword here.

Of in spite of and despite have the same meaning.

But you don't say despite of.

You just say despite.

If you want to learn more about this,  I have a full lesson explaining this.

I'll leave the link in the description below.

Question three.

I think I'm allergic to your cat.

I can't stop.

The correct answer is B sneezing.

Now this is a tricky 1 because you can have  grammatically stop plus infinitive stop to sneeze,  

and you can have stop plus gerund stop  sneezing, but the meaning is different.

When we're talking about no longer doing an  action, we use stop plus gerund, and based on  

the context of the question, we're talking about  no longer doing an action, so we need the gerund.

If you want to learn more about this, I'll  leave a link in the description below.

Question 4.

If you don't know the meaning of a word,  

you can in a dictionary and the answer is  C, you can look it up in the dictionary.

Now this one is a vocabulary question because you  need to understand what these expressions mean.

To look something up is another way to say to  search for or to find that specific information.

Now, we use this all, all the time because every  time you Google, you're looking up information.

So I use this expression  literally every single day.

Hey, what time does the restaurant close?

Can you look it up?

I don't know.

Can you look it up?

Oh, we need to look it up.

We should look that up.

You'll use this every single day.

Question five, my doctor.

Me.

I should exercise more and the answer is a  my doctor told me I should exercise more.

Now this is one that students confuse a lot.

I hear students say, told to me.

I told to her, no, that  doesn't work grammatically.

We don't want to someone get rid of that too.

I told her.

I told you she told me so that's what we need.

And also I hear students say say  me, she said me to exercise more.

No, we don't want me after said.

She said I should exercise more.

We want applause after said.

If you want to learn more about this,  I have a full video explaining it.

You can find the link in the description below.

Question six My boss me to her  dinner party and the answer is B.

My boss invited me to her dinner party.

Now this one is both a vocabulary question  because the only logical choice is invite,  

but it's also because of sentence structure.

We could change the sentence  structure and make it work.

For example, my boss suggested  that I come to her dinner party.

We could say that, but I'd have to  completely change the sentence structure.

So all the options could work if  we change the sentence structure.

The only logical choice with  the sentence structure is B.

My boss invited me because you  invite someone to something.

My boss invited me to the movies, to her  house, to the restaurant, a specific location.

Now if you want to learn more about suggested  because a lot of students say suggest trusted me,  

which isn't correct, I'll leave a link to a  video on that topic in the description below.

Question seven, Sorry I didn't quite what you  

said and the answer is a Sorry I  didn't quite catch what you said.

This is an expression to catch something  in this context is the exact same as here.

I didn't hear what you said,  

but notice option D is in the past form  and that doesn't work grammatically.

So it has the same meaning  but it's the wrong verb tense.

So a catch is exactly the same.

Now this is an expression  you can use all the time,  

especially since you probably struggle  to understand native speakers.

So if somebody says something to  you and you don't quite catch it,  

you can say, sorry, I didn't catch that.

I didn't catch that, I didn't quite catch that.

Quite is just a word we add to mean a little bit.

I didn't quite catch that.

So add that to your vocabulary.

You'll use it all the time.

Question 8 I don't sleep in now but  I sleep in until noon on weekends  

and the answer is BI used to.

I used to sleep in on weekends.

Now notice all the options are slightly  different sentence structures and they're  

all grammatically correct if  you use the correct meaning.

But for here.

We're.

Talking about an action that  used to take place in the past.

So an action you routinely did in  the past, but you no longer do now.

And for that we need use.

With AD, you don't hear it in  pronunciation but is there in spelling.

I used to work at the bank,  but now I work at the mall.

So a routine action in the past,  but you no longer do it now.

Students confuse this sentence  structure all the time.

I have a detailed lesson on this.

You'll find the link in the description below.

Question nine.

I don't need help, but thanks.

MMM.

And the answer is, but thanks for offering.

Thanks for offering.

Thanks for offering.

This is one that I hear a  lot of mistakes with as well.

Now notice here I have thanks for  after for because for is a preposition.

You must use the gerund verb for offering.

Thanks for and then you can use a  gerund verb or you can use a noun.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the offer, your offer.

Thanks for offering.

And your final question #10 the film sounded  interesting, but it MMM to be really boring.

And the answer is D It turned  out to be really boring.

This is a vocabulary question because you need  to understand what these expressions mean.

We use to turn out when we're talking  about the end result of something.

So let's say you're trying a new recipe  and it's for chocolate chip cookies.

You've never made this recipe before.

Your friend could say, how  did the recipe turn out?

How did the cookies turn out?

Your friend is asking about the end result.

Basically your friend is asking were they good?

Were they bad?

How did the recipe turn out?

And you could reply, oh, it was awesome.

They were delicious.

The best chocolate chip cookies I've ever had.

And in this context, they're  talking about the movies and result.

How did the movie turn out?

It was really boring.

It turned out to be really boring.

So how did you do with the quiz?

Put your score in the comments below.

And if you learn some new expressions  or new sentence structure,  

make sure you practice your new  expressions or sentence structure  

in the comments below as well so you get  really comfortable and confident with them.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Now let's move on and test your vocabulary  to see if you know these advanced words.

So here's how the test is going to work.

You're going to see a sentence and there's  going to be a blank, a missing word.

And then you're going to be  given two options, Option A,  

option B, and then you have to decide  which option completes the sentence.

Now, when I give you the  options, I'll give you 3 seconds.

Of course, that isn't very long, right?

So feel free to hit pause,  take as much time as you need,  

and then hit play when you're  ready to see the answer.

Sound good?

Are you ready to start the quiz?

Let's go with question number one.

Do you think the discount will  the client which option A or B?

I'll give you 3 seconds.

Appease the client.

Appease is a verb.

We use this when you want to  give someone something they  

want in order to make them happy or in  order to prevent further disagreement.

So I'm giving them a discount to make them happy.

It will appease them.

Now if you said B appeal, keep in mind  that appeal has a very similar meaning.

It means to be attractive to.

But grammatically, the sentence is  incorrect because if you use appeal,  

it's appeal to the client.

And because I don't have the preposition  to B is an incorrect option grammatically.

Question 2.

She's a very employee.

Option one.

Option 2.

The correct answer is a diligent.

She's a very diligent employee.

To be diligent, this means to be careful or  using a lot of effort and attention to detail.

For example, I worked diligently  on the report all week.

So notice in this case, it's an adverb.

Diligently.

I worked diligently on the report all week.

Question three, Sorry, I can't help.

I'm at math A or B be inept.

I'm inept at math To be inept at something.

This means to not be skilled or  to be ineffective at something.

I'm inept at math #4 She's  the most member of our team.

A or B.

A gregarious B is incorrect.

Grammatically, we can't say most great.

You would say greatest, right?

So grammatically, B doesn't work.

A gregarious to be gregarious.

When someone is described as gregarious,  it means that they're very social.

They enjoy being around other people.

So what about you?

Let us know in the comments.

Would you describe yourself  as a gregarious person?

Do you enjoy being around other people?

Are you very social?

Let us know in the comments so you can practice  

that word #5 We need to with  the accounting department.

A or B.

The answer is B follow up with grammatically.

A is incorrect.

You don't follow out with someone.

You follow up with someone and  this means that you continue  

a discussion or conversation  that was previously started.

I could say I already followed up  with the accounting department.

I already continued the conversation  we had previously started.

Number six, that's a difficult  concept to A or BB to grasp.

When you grasp something, it simply  means that you understand it.

So it's the same as saying that's  a difficult concept to understand.

That's a difficult concept to grasp #7 you should  

all your debt to reduce your interest  rate A or BB consolidate consolidate.

When you consolidate two or more things,  it means you combine them together.

So if I said the two firms consolidated last year,  

this means that last year there was firm  A, firm B, but now because because they  

consolidated, there's one firm, so  the two become one consolidate #8.

The book discusses his illness  and resignation from politics.

A or B A subsequent, his subsequent  resignation from politics.

This has a simple meaning.

Subsequent just means something  that comes after something else.

So first he had his illness and after  he resigned, his subsequent resignation,  

his resignation that came after his illness.

We commonly use this as an  adverb to start a sentence.

So I could say he moved to Australia,  subsequently he got married.

And I'm using subsequently to let you know  that he got married after something else.

And that's something else is  after he moved to Australia.

He moved to Australia, subsequently he got  married #9 he gets stressed out and he's A or B.

The correct answer has to be B, under pressure,  because over pressure is the wrong preposition.

The preposition you need is under  pressure to be under pressure.

And that's simply when you have a lot  of work and you're feeling overwhelmed,  

you're feeling anxious,  you're feeling stressed out.

You can use this positively and say  I work really well under pressure,  

so when I have a lot of work I  actually perform better, not worse.

I work really well.

Under pressure #10 Women face a  lot of in the workplace A or B.

Well, ostrich is a bird, so women don't  face a lot of ostriches in the workplace.

They face a lot of obstacles.

Obstacles, An obstacle is something  that blocks you and it can be something  

physical like a roadblock or it can be  something non physical like discrimination.

So it's something that blocks  you from making progress.

That's an obstacle #11 Thank you for your remark.

A or B.

The answer is be pertinent, Pertinent remark.

When something is pertinent, it means it's  relevant to the topic or discussion at hand.

So let's say you're having a conversation  and then someone raises a point and you  

think the point is very relevant  to the topic or conversation.

You can say that's pertinent, that's pertinent,  

that's relevant, related to  our topic at hand, number 12.

You can that to the interns, A or B, B delegate.

You can delegate that to the interns.

When you delegate something is when you give  

someone else responsibility  for a task or a specific job.

So when you're doing a task that  you really don't want to be doing,  

you can say, I wish I had  someone to delegate this to.

I wish I had someone who I could give this task  to #30 I have a really workload this month.

A or BA heavy?

B is a direct translation.

It's not something that we use in natural English.

It sounds awkward and unnatural.

A heavy is the adjective that  we use to describe our workload.

When your workload.

Is heavy.

It simply.

Means you have a lot of work to do.

And what's the opposite of heavy?

The opposite is light, right?

Light.

So when you don't have a lot of work to  do, you would say I have a light workload.

Heavy workload, light workload.

So what about you?

How would you describe your workload right now?

Would you say it's heavy or light?

Let us know in the comments.

So you practice this new expression #14 The police  have been unable to What caused the explosion?

A or BB Ascertain ascertain.

When you ascertain something,  you discover something.

So to ascertain the cause of  the explosion is to discover  

the cause of the explosion, to understand why.

So when the police do understand why, why they  

discover it, they can say we've finally  ascertained what caused the explosion.

It was a faulty gas line.

And then they can tell you the  cause of the explosion and.

Finally, your.

Last question in the quiz #15 you've  been all week, just do it already.

A or B?

The answer is B procrastinating.

You've been procrastinating all week.

When you procrastinate, it means  that you delay doing something,  

but that's something has to be  done and you delay doing it.

And why?

Well, generally because it's unpleasant, like  chores around the house, cleaning the garage,  

cleaning the bathroom, doing the dishes.

It's unpleasant.

Or it's simply boring, like organizing  your closet or filing your paperwork.

So you delay doing it, but it has to be done.

That's procrastinating.

So how'd you do on the quiz?

Was it easy for you?

Was it difficult for you?

Either way, you've just added  15 new words to your vocabulary,  

so have fun practicing these new words.

Let us know in the comments how  you did and the ones you got wrong.

Choose 1-2 or three of them and  practice them in the comments  

so you get comfortable with them and  you can add it to your new vocabulary.

Now let's keep going and test your vocabulary  again to see if you know these confusing words.

So here's how this video is going to work.

I'm going to show you a sentence and.

You're.

Going to have two options, and you have to decide  which option correctly completes the sentence.

Now I'll only show the sentence for.

A couple seconds.

So make sure you hit pause, take your  time to read it, to answer it, and then.

Hit.

Play and I'll show you the answer and  I'll explain why that answer is correct.

Are you ready to go #1 there?

Were people at the party than I had expected?

The answer is.

Fewer there were.

Fewer people at the party than I had expected.

And the reason is we use fewer with.

Countable nouns.

You can count how many people there are,  

but we use less with uncountable nouns,  so I could say there was less rain.

You can't count rain.

There was less rain this year compared to last.

Year.

#2 I'm just in the of a.

Big.

Project.

And the answer is midst.

Midst.

This is a tricky one simply  because of pronunciation.

When you hear this in spoken English,  I'm in the midst of a big project.

It's easy to confuse this with mist.

And to be in the midst of something is  simply to be in the middle of something.

So I'm in the middle of a big.

Project.

#3.

Wow, that shirt really your hair?

And the answer is complements with an E.

These two words sound exactly  the same in pronunciation.

It's spelling that is different,  but they have different meanings.

Complement in this example is when one thing.

Your.

Shirt combines really well  with another thing your.

Hair.

Compliment with an eye is when  you say something nice to someone.

I love your shirt.

Thanks for the compliment.

If you want to learn more about  compliment and compliment you  

can look in the description for  a link on a video on that topic.

Number four.

That movie had quite an on me.

The answer is.

A fact.

It had quite an effect on me.

The pronunciation is very similar, a fact, a fact.

There's a slight difference, but the spelling  is important because a fact is a verb,  

and a fact is a noun, and we need a noun.

You know that because there's  an article in the sentence.

With the verb I could say that movie affected me.

If you want to learn more about  a fact and effect, you can look  

in the description for a link on that #5.

Quizzes are a great way to your skills.

To hone your skills.

Again, similar in pronunciation,  but the correct choice is hone.

This is an expression to hone one skills.

This is simply to improve one's skills.

Number six, I didn't know at the party.

I didn't know anybody at the  party didn't is negative.

In the English language, we  do not like double negatives.

You can only use one negative in a clause.

And since I already have didn't,  I can't use the negative nobody.

I have to use anybody #7 I don't  like carrots, I don't like.

Carrots either.

Now this is the same as #6.

Because.

I don't don't.

Is a negative neither.

Is also a negative, so we can't use it.

We want either.

I don't like.

Carrots either to use, neither I could say.

You don't like carrots?

Neither do.

I neither do I.

If you want to learn more  about either and neither,  

you can look in the description for a video I  created on this and #8 She has more she needs.

She has more than she needs.

Similar in pronunciation than then, but  they're two totally different words than.

We use in.

Comparisons more than less than, fewer  than comparisons, then, is an adverb.

It's used in time.

References.

First I'll eat lunch, then I'll go.

For a walk.

#9 Joining social clubs is for all  

purposes the solution to loneliness  for all intents and purposes.

This is an expression in English.

For all intents and purposes.

This simply means in almost every situation.

In virtually every situation.

But when you say this at a natural  pace, for all intents and purposes,  

for all intents and purposes  it sounds like intensive.

Intensive is a word that  people are very familiar with.

Intense and is not something  that people are familiar with,  

but the correct expression  is intense and purposes.

This is a very useful business  or academic expression.

It isn't really used in casual conversation too  much #10 we can discuss this after the meeting.

We can discuss this further after the meeting.

Further and further both.

Mean more.

We can discuss this more in  more detail after the meeting.

We use further when we're  talking about figurative,  

and we use farther when  we're talking about literal.

For example, we need to walk farther.

We literally need to.

Walk more.

We need to walk farther.

To.

See the waterfall.

If you want to learn more about this, look  in the description for a link on a separate.

Video.

#11 You can down here, you can lie down here.

Lay and lie.

They have the same meaning.

But lay is transitive.

It needs an object.

For example, lay the baby down  here, lay the blanket down here.

You lay something, but lie is  intransitive, so there's no object.

Lie down here, lie yourself  down here, lie down here.

Number 12, that sweater.

Is too for you?

That sweater is too loose for you.

This one is confusing because of the.

Spelling.

Do I need one O or two?

It's easy to forget.

Lose with one O is the opposite of win.

Did you lose the game?

Did you win the game?

Did you lose the game loose with two O's?

When we're talking about clothing is  when it doesn't fit closely to your body.

So this shirt I'm wearing is not  loose, it fits closely to my body.

But this sweater, for example, is loose #13.

We should worked harder.

We should have worked harder.

Now this is a mistake that many native speakers  make, because in spoken English we take have,  

which is the grammatically correct choice, but we  reduce it, we say it quickly, and it sounds like.

Of you should have.

You should have.

You should have.

Worked harder.

So sometimes native speakers forget  that it's actually have and not love,  

because that's what it sounds  like in spoken English.

So in spoken English, you can absolutely say you.

Should have you should have worked.

Harder, but in written English.

Just remember that the correct choice is have #14.

I shouldn't have to the party.

I shouldn't have gone to the.

Party our verb here.

Is go, the past simple is went,  and the past participle is gone.

This structure requires the past  participle, the third form of the verb.

Yesterday I went to the party.

I've gone to three parties  this month and finally #15.

Do you trust?

The most?

Whom do you?

Trust the most who and whom.

It can be very tricky for students and  native speakers to know the difference.

Just ask yourself.

Do you need she or her?

Do you need a subject or an object?

She or her, he or.

Him.

I trust her the most.

We need an object, not a subject.

So you use whom?

Who is your friend?

She is my friend.

In this case we need a subject.

So we use who?

So how'd you do with this?

Quiz Share your score in the comments below  and if you got any wrong, don't worry,  

just do some practice sentences and remember to  look in the description because I shared many.

Links to other.

Videos that go into more depth on these?

Confusing.

Words, Are you ready for your next test?

Now let's test your knowledge  of advanced phrasal verbs.

Question one, Please Bear me  while I look up your file.

Now, I'm only going to give you  3 seconds for every question,  

so hit pause and take as much time  as you need to review the question.

Please bear with me while I look up your file.

Question 2.

The phrasal verb to attend to means  to attend to means to work on.

Remember, I'm going to explain  what every single phrasal verb  

means in detail with examples after  the quiz #3 why are you so angry?

You need to cool.

You need to cool down.

#4.

The phrasal verb for repair is.

The phrasal verb for repair is fix  up #5, the phrasal verb for to.

Discuss something so you  can reach an agreement is.

To hash out, to hash out number six,  

If someone is being too serious,  you can tell them to lighten up.

Lighten up.

You're being too serious.

Lighten up #7 After years of studying  English, my hard work has finally paid.

My hard work has finally paid off #8 We  shouldn't rule out a graphic designer.

We shouldn't rule out hiring a graphic  designer #9 My boss for being late again.

My boss chewed me out for being late again and #10  

let's give everyone a few minutes  to before we begin to settle in.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy?

Difficult.

Share your score in the comments below.

And now I'm going to explain every  single phrasal verb in detail.

So let's do that.

Now to bear with someone, this  is a very common phrasal verb.

It has a simple meaning.

It means to be patient with someone.

So we use this a lot with customer service  

representatives or anytime someone  is providing you with a service.

Now it's very common when that person  is providing you with that service to  

say please bear with me, please  bear with me, Please be patient.

So notice our verb tense.

That's in the imperative.

The imperative.

So we're starting with the base verb.

Now, if you use this verb in other  verb tenses, it's an irregular verb.

The past simple is bore  and the past participle is.

Any idea?

It's born, That's right, born  with an optional E for spelling,  

but pronunciation is exactly the same.

In the past.

Simple, you could say I bore  with him for 20 minutes.

I was patient with him for 20 minutes.

And in the past participle, you  can use this in the present.

Perfect, you might say.

I've born with you for 20 minutes.

Our next phrasal verb is to attend to.

Now notice we're using the verb attend.

And I could say last night I attended  the party, but that's not a phrasal verb.

That's just a regular verb because  I don't have a preposition.

I attended the party, I went to the party.

But if we use the phrasal verb  attend to, the meaning is different.

I could say I attended to the party.

Now in this case, this means that I worked  on or I paid attention to the party.

So how could you work on a party?

Well, you could work on organizing a party.

So organizing all the details, sending  out the invitations, buying the food,  

cleaning the apartment, getting the  decorations I attended to the party.

So pay attention because the verb attend and the  phrasal verb attend to have different meanings.

Our next phrasal verb to cool down.

To cool down.

We use this when someone is really angry,  upset or frustrated and you want them to relax.

You can say cool down, cool down South.

Let's say a client has been sending you a lot  of emails and you're feeling really angry,  

irritated, annoyed, frustrated with that client.

But before you call that client,  you should definitely cool down.

You need to take a minute and  relax because you don't want  

to call that client when you're  angry and frustrated and annoyed.

You need to cool down, relax, chill.

Our next phrasal verb to fix something up.

When you fix something up, it means you repair  it or you change it in order to improve it.

Now, in this case, when you change,  it is not necessarily broken.

It could be that it's functioning, but you want  to improve it, so you make some changes to it.

You fix it up.

So for example, I could say Sally loves  fixing up old cars in her free time,  

fixing up old cars, so she repairs them.

But it could also mean that she just changes them.

Maybe the car is working  perfectly, but she changes it.

She changes the color, or  she adds something to it.

She fixes it up.

Now, this is a very common phrasal verb around the  

house because there's always  something to fix up, right?

To change, to repair, to improve.

Our next phrasal verb, to hash something out.

When you have something out, it means you talk  about something specific with other people.

And you do that because you want to get agreement.

You want to get agreement on the details.

So you can use this when  you're planning a conference,  

planning a party, planning a  project, any kind of event.

And of course with a project or  conference, there are many details,  

the date, the time, who's doing what.

So you need to hash out those details.

You need to talk about them to get agreement.

OK, we agreed to the time of the conference.

We hashed it out.

We hashed out the time of the conference.

Our next phrasal verb to lighten up.

Now remember, I already taught you to cool  down, and that's when you're really angry,  

frustrated, annoyed, and you want to relax.

Well, when you tell someone to lighten  up, you also want them to relax.

But they're not angry, frustrated, or annoyed.

They're just being too serious.

That's it.

They're being too serious.

They don't have a sense of humor.

So maybe you were joking around with a Co  worker and they took it too seriously and  

you just wanted to have some fun and  joke around, but they're too serious.

So you might say lighten up, lighten  up, laugh a little, smile a little.

You're too serious.

So someone who's always like this,  you know, they're not smiling,  

they're not laughing, they're  just always very serious.

You might want to tell that person  to lighten up, smile, relax, laugh.

But just remember it isn't the same as cool down,  because cool down, you're angry and annoyed.

Lighten up, you're too serious.

That's the difference between the two.

Our next phrasal verb to pay off.

Now, when something pays off, it means  that you see the benefit of the something.

So let's say you spent the last month  at home studying for a big exam,  

and you took the exam and you.

Passed.

You got a really high mark.

You can say all my studying paid off.

So remember, something pays off.

All my studying paid off.

I now see the benefit of all the studying I did.

So we use this a lot for any kind of  work Oregon effort that you put in now.

It can be mental work for studying for your job.

But it can.

Also be physical work as well.

So all your dieting, your exercising  paid off because now you lost weight,  

you're stronger, you see the  benefit of all your work.

So we can use this with both mental work and  physical work, our next phrasal verb to rule out.

We use this when something prevents  something else from happening.

So a classic example, we have  COVID and we have traveling.

Now COVID is preventing  traveling from happening, right?

So we can say COVID ruled out traveling, right?

COVID prevented traveling.

COVID ruled out traveling.

Our next phrasal verb to chew someone out.

To chew someone out.

This is when you tell someone  that they've done something wrong,  

but you tell them angrily so you don't tell them.

Calm it calmly.

You know you made a mistake.

You shouldn't have done that.

No, you're angry, so you might yell a little.

You might use language that you normally wouldn't.

You're angry somebody did something  wrong and you tell them so.

Maybe your boss chewed you out because  you were late for an important meeting.

So your boss was not calm.

Your boss was angry.

Why were you late?

You shouldn't have been late.

Why haven't I fired you yet?

He chews you out.

Or maybe you're on a sports  team and your coach chewed  

you out because you missed an important practice.

Now, if somebody chews you  out and they're really angry,  

what phrasal verb goes with that  phrasal verb that we've already learned?

Cool down, right?

Because if somebody's angry, why were you late?

You can say cool down, cool down, relax,  and then you can explain why you were late.

Our final phrasal verb to settle in.

When you settle in, it means you get  comfortable in a new environment.

And that new environment is generally a  new house, a new school, a new workplace.

And of course, at the beginning, you're not  comfortable just because everything is new, right?

But then you need some time to settle in.

So settle in just means to get  comfortable in a new environment.

So let's say you moved to a new city and a few  

weeks later a friend could ask  you, oh, have you settled in?

Have you settled in?

So they're just asking you, do you  feel comfortable in your new city?

And then you might reply back and say, yeah,  I've settled in, or no, I haven't settled in yet.

Now that you know how to use  all of these phrasal verbs,  

how about we do the exact same quiz from the  very beginning and you can compare your score?

From the first time.

To this time.

So let's do that quiz again.

Now question one.

Please bear me while I look up your file.

Please bear with me while I look up your file.

Question 2.

The phrasal verb to attend to means to attend  to means to work on #3 Why are you so angry?

You need to cool, You need to cool  down #4 The phrasal verb for repair  

is The phrasal verb for repair is fix  up #5 the phrasal verb for to discuss.

Something so you can reach an agreement is.

To hash out to hash out number six.

If someone is being too serious,  you can tell them to lighten up.

Lighten up.

You're being too serious.

Lighten up #7 After years of studying  English, my hard work has finally paid.

My hard work has finally paid off #8 We  shouldn't rule out a graphic designer,  

we shouldn't rule out hiring a graphic  designer #9 my boss for being late again.

My boss chewed me out for being late again and #10  

let's give everyone a few minutes  to before we begin to settle in.

Was it easier this time?

I'm sure it was.

Did your score improve?

Share your score in the comments below.

You're doing amazing.

This is your final Test, and we're going to  test your knowledge of common phrasal verbs.

Question 1.

The phrasal verb used to invite  someone on a romantic date is now.

I'm only going to give you 3 seconds  for each question, so hit pause,  

take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready, hit play to see the answer.

The phrasal verb is to ask out question two.

If you like a genre of music, you  can say I'm really country music.

I'm really into country music.

Remember, I'm going to explain every single  phrasal verb in detail, so don't worry if  

this test is difficult #3 If a movie made you  sad, you can say that movie really me down,  

that movie really brought me down #4  If you think someone should be happier,  

you can say cheer, cheer up, cheer up #5 Do you  have time to the dry cleaning on your way home?

Do you have time to pick up number six?

You see that box?

Can you at the post office?

Can you drop it off #7 We ended up at home.

We ended up staying at home #8 Which phrasal  verb is used to reject someone or something to  

turn down #9 When you complete a form,  you can use both fill in and fill out.

This is true #10 how did you that Maria was fired?

How did you find out?

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy or difficult?

Share your score in the comments.

And now I'll explain every phrasal  verb in detail with example sentences.

Number one, to 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 Jim asked Maria out yet?

He's obviously into her.

So notice here, why hasn't Jim asked Maria out?

Ask someone out, or someone is Maria.

Now, of course, you need 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 in 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 notice 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, an actor,  

it's possible 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 could talk about any hobby or activity.

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 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 me 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, something like that #4 to cheer up.

So you can think of this as the opposite.

To cheer someone up is to make them happier.

Now we commonly use this in the imperative.

Cheer up, cheer up, Julie, cheer  up, don't be sad, cheer up.

So we commonly use this in the imperative,  but you can use it in other ways.

For example, I could 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 #5 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 you 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 and a something.

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

Well, is 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 could say I  drop my husband off at work.

I dropped my friend 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 mailbox.

Can you drop this letter off on your way to work  

#7 to 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 is our first example?

I can't remember.

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.

They turned me down.

I was turned down by the company.

They turned me down South.

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 #9 to fill in or to fill out forms.

OK, so notice here I gave you 2 prepositions.

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 that 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 change between fill in, fill out.

I use both and you can too.

So if you go to an office, they  might say 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, 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 try to cheer him up because he  knew Maria turned 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 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 that you understand all of these  phrasal verbs, how about we do the quiz  

from the beginning again and then you can compare  your score from the first time to the second time.

So let's do that same quiz now.

Question 1 the phrasal verb  used to invite someone on a  

romantic date is the phrasal verb is to ask out.

Question two, if you like a genre of music,  you can say I'm really country music,  

I'm really into country music #3 If a movie made  you sad, you can say that movie really me down,  

that movie really brought me down #4  If you think someone should be happier,  

you can say cheer, cheer up, cheer up #5 Do you  have time to the dry cleaning on your way home?

Do you have time to pick up number six?

You see that box?

Can you at the post office?

Can you drop it off #7 We ended up at home.

We ended up staying at home #8 Which phrasal  verb is used to reject someone or something to  

turn down #9 When you complete a form,  you can use both fill in and fill out.

This is true #10 how did you that Maria was fired?

How did you find out?

So was the quiz easier the second time?

I'm sure it was amazing job with this lesson.

So how did you do with all of those quizzes?

Share your score in the comments below.

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