TEST Your English Vocabulary with These Common Phrasal Verbs

In this lesson, you're going to test her English vocabulary to see how well you know these

common phrasal verbs.

First to complete the test, and after all explain each phrasal verb in detail.

Let's get started.

Question one, this new app I downloaded so much memory.

Now I'll only give you three seconds to answer.

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

answer.

This new app I downloaded it takes up question too.

When a company expands into other locations, it it branches out.

Now remember after the quiz, I'll explain every phrasal verb in detail so don't worry

if the quiz is difficult.

Question three.

The phrasal verb used when you write something down is jot down question for can you the

performance reports next week.

Can you carry out the question five I'm having a hard time the assignment.

I'm having a hard time keeping up with question six.

If you enter your information in a form you fill in or fill out so see.

Question seven, the CEO might this week.

The CEO might drop in question eight.

If you delay any event, you you push it back.

Question Nine if you cancel any event, you you call it off and question 10 I'm not sure

who's presenting.

We're still the details.

We're still sorting out the details.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Share your score in the comments.

And now I'll explain each phrasal verb in detail to take up.

This means to occupy or to fill.

Now we use this specifically with two different nouns.

You can take up time and you can take up space and they're both very commonly used.

For example, I could say this meeting took up my whole morning.

So it occupied or filled the amount of time.

Now we can also use this with space.

For example, I need a new couch because my couch takes up too much space so it occupies

or filled space.

So remember, you can use this with both time and space and they're both very commonly used

number two is a branch out.

Now this means to expand and we use this specifically in a business context.

So let's say you're in a meeting and you're discussing how to increase your profits.

You might suggest branching out into new markets.

So if you only sell in North America, you can branch out, expand and sell in Europe

or in Asia, Africa.

For example, we need to branch out into new markets.

Number three, this is a fun one to jot down.

Now you would probably understand this from context in the meaning I jotted down a few

notes.

I jotted down a few notes.

So it's the exact same thing as write down.

I wrote down a few notes, but it's very commonly used.

So someone might ask you, maybe your boss or a colleague even might say, Hey, can you

jot this down and then they might give you a number or a date.

Or a location and you write it down?

Now of course not many people use pen and paper anymore, right?

We take electronic notes, but if your colleague asked you to jot something down, you can absolutely

take out your phone and make a note in your phone, jot it down in your phone, write it

down in your phone.

So this still applies even though we don't really use pen and paper much.

Number four to carry out.

This means to perform or to conduct and we use this specifically in a business content.

For example, next week, we're carrying out our customer surveys, our student surveys,

we're carrying out our surveys.

We're conducting them, we're performing them, so I'm just going to do this survey.

That's the simplest way to say it next week.

We're doing the surveys.

We're carrying out the surveys.

Number five, this is an important one so make sure you jot it down number five to keep up

with something.

This means to make sufficient progress on.

Let's say that you have this many orders and it's your job to fulfill those orders.

If you fulfill this many you've kept up with the orders.

You've made sufficient progress but if you fulfill this many or this many or this many

or anything less than the total number of orders, then you haven't kept up with the

orders.

You haven't made sufficient progress on.

Now of course you can use this with many things other than orders.

You can use it with your studies, your reading list, your chores, your performance reports,

your filing your scheduling you can use it with many, many, many other tasks number six

to fill out or to fill in a form.

Now this is one that confuses a lot of students and they asked me do I fill out a form do

I fill in the form?

What's the difference?

The reality is there is no difference, specifically when we're talking about a form.

Now when you have to fill out an application, you could also fill in an application fill

out your passport renewal, you can fill in your passport renewal in this specific context.

There's no difference number seven is a drop in this is a great phrasal verb because you

can use it both in a business context or a social context.

Now to drop in simply means to visit.

So if you're talking to a friend, and you're planning to visit that friend, you can say

how about I drop in Saturday morning?

How about I visit Saturday?

Morning.

Now in a business context, you might have a client that wants to drop in that wants

to visit or you might drop in on a client just to say hello and to keep that relationship

going.

So you can use this in both a social and a business context.

Number eight to push back.

This means to delay or postpone in the context of a scheduled event.

So the scheduled event like a meeting.

Let's see the meeting was scheduled for Monday but everyone is really busy on Monday.

We'll then push the meaning back until Wednesday, postpone it until Wednesday.

Now you can use this in a social context.

So you might be planning your wedding anniversary and insert in your wedding anniversary and

the actual date is March 30.

But everyone is busy, so you might push it back until the middle of April so more people

can attend while everyone's busy.

So let's push back the party until next week, until two weeks from now.

So you can push back a scheduled event which means to delay or postpone number nine is

a call off.

Now this means to cancel a scheduled event.

So remember in our last one to push back you delay or postpone but the other alternative

is simply to cancel it.

But generally when you call something off, it's because there were some problems or issues

associated with it.

But the problem or issue could be a scheduling conflict and just people couldn't attend.

So let's say you're planning a conference for the summer, but nobody registered because

everyone's really busy in the summer.

So you might discuss it with your team and say, let's call off the conference.

Attendance is too low.

So let's call it off.

Let's cancel it.

Now.

You can also use this in a social context.

You might call off your wedding, but if you cancel your wedding, the most likely there

was a problem and issue a big one, right.

So in that context in a social event, most people will wonder what happened.

Why did they call off their wedding?

Why did they call off their anniversary, they're going to assume that something is wrong and

number 10 to sort out.

This means to organize or to fit if there's a problem.

For example, I need to sort out my travel plans.

So include me and I just need to organize them.

So I need to decide when I'm going to travel what airline I'm going to use what hotel I'm

going to use.

I need to sort out my travel plans, but I can also use it if there's some sort of problem

and I need to fix it.

For example, My flight was canceled.

So I need to sort out my travel plans.

I need to fix this problem with my plans.

So to sort something out, you can organize it or you can fix it if there's a problem.

Now that you're more comfortable with these phrasal verbs, let's do the exact same quiz

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

time.

So let's do that same quiz now.

Question one, this new app I downloaded so much memory.

This new app I downloaded takes up question too, when a company expands into other locations

it it branches out.

Question three.

The phrasal verb used when you write something down is jot down question four.

Can you the performance reports next week.

Can you carry out question five.

I'm having a hard time the assignment I'm having a hard time keeping up with question

six.

If you enter your information in a form you fill in or fill out so see question seven.

Let's see Oh might this week the CEO might drop in question eight.

If you delay any event, you you push it back to nine.

If you cancel any event, you you call it off and question 10 I'm not sure who's presenting.

We're still the details.

We're still sorting out the details.

Was that quiz a lot easier the second time?

We'll share your score in the comments below.

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