English Phrasal Verbs | Do You Know These Common Phrasal Verbs?

Do you know these common phrasal verbs? Well let's  find out! In this English phrasal verb lesson,  

first you're going to learn 10 common phrasal  verbs. And then you're going to complete a test  

at the end of the lesson to make sure you really  know how to use these phrasal verbs confidently.  

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Number one to block off. This is when you obstruct  an exit to prevent people from leaving. This is a  

very common phrasal verb because on your daily  commute to work you may have to take a detour  

which means take an alternative route because  your regular exit is blocked. Off. So let's say  

you get to work 15 minutes late. You can say  sorry I'm late Main Street was blocked off.  

And most likely that street or exit is blocked  off because of construction. It's also possible  

that there was an accident or perhaps there's  something like a parade or a protest that's  

preventing people from using that exit number to  to lash out. When you lash out. It means you react  

angrily you react with very strong negative  emotion. So this phrasal verb is negative and  

it's used in a negative way. So you might say she  lashed out when I suggested a different approach.  

So you shared an opinion and the person  reacted very negatively, very angrily,  

they lashed out. Now for this phrasal verb it's  very common to say at someone she lashed out at  

me when I suggested a different approach. The out  someone is optional. You don't need to do it. But  

it can be very useful to specify who so if you  want to specify the person that we use at someone,  

she lashed out at Jim she lashed out at us it  could be the entire group. she lashed out at  

the clients and then you can explain the reason  why she lashed out at the clients because the  

payments was wait number three to walk out when  you walk out with it means you leave a place.  

Angrily so we have another phrasal verb with a  really you leave a place angrily. So let's say  

you're meeting with your boss to discuss your  performance. Now maybe you were expecting a 20%  

Raise a raise is a pay increase a 20% pay  increase but your boss only offered you 2%  

You might say after my boss offered me 2%  I walked out so you left the room you left  

the office the meeting, but you didn't just leave  you laughed angrily angrily that's the key here.  

So combining our last phrasal verb to  lash out to react angrily we can say  

after she lashed out at me. I walked out number  four to sort out this means to resolve a problem.  

Now we can use this with a business professional  problem. For example. Let's say your payment  

processor isn't working and you can't accept  payments. You might say we need to sort this  

out ASAP. We need to resolve this problem ASAP  or who can we call to sort this out? So you can  

absolutely use this in a professional business  context when there's a problem. We commonly use  

this with personal issues with relationship issues  when you have a problem with another person. So  

let's say you and your sister haven't spoken in  lunch because of a disagreement that maybe your  

sister lashed out at you and that you walked out  of a birthday party and you haven't spoken since?  

Well, someone might suggest some ways you can  sort it out you need to sort it out with your  

sister you need to resolve the problem and in this  case, the problem is a personal problem. So this  

is a great phrasal verb to use for a business  context and a personal context. Number five,  

to use up. This is when you finish or consume 100%  of something. So all of something. And that's very  

important because I could say I used the olive  oil. So I consumed the olive oil. Well when I  

just say "use" it doesn't tell you how much. How  much olive oil did I use? I used the olive oil.  

But if I say, I used all the olive oil,  then you know I used 100% of the olive  

oil. So there is nothing left for you or  for someone else and you have to get more.  

So I could say, I used all the olive oil. When  I say all the olive oil all means 100% so it's  

exactly the same as I used up the olive oil.  Number six to wander off. This is when you  

leave a place when you're not supposed to or  you leave a place without telling other people  

that this was commonly used with children. So a  mother might say I have to watch my daughter like  

a hawk or she'll wander off some little kids. They  might not stay in a room they might wander off and  

go into another room but of course that can be  dangerous if nobody is watching that child. So  

this is commonly used with young children, but  we can also use it with adults. So let's say  

you're on a museum tour, and you're in a foreign  country on a museum tour. Now you're supposed to  

stay with the museum tour. You're not supposed  to wander off and just go look at other areas  

of the museum. Well, you might say the tour was  boring, so I wandered off. Number seven to grow  

out of this is when you lose interest in something  so to lose interest you're no longer interested in  

something because you're older or more mature.  For example, a lot of young kids play video  

games for hours and hours and hours. But as an  adult, you might grow out of it. So you can no  

longer do that you no longer play video games  for hours and hours and hours because you're  

older. You're more mature. Number eight to  go ahead. This means to proceed. This is a  

very useful phrasal verb we use a compliment  to give someone permission to do something.  

So your coworker might ask you, is it okay if I  send the email to the client and you can say Sure,  

go ahead, go ahead. Which means proceed. Proceed  with sending the email. Go ahead. You can just  

say go ahead period. Or you can specify what the  action is. You can say go ahead and send the email  

or go ahead with and we need a gerund  go ahead with sending the email  

and send the email with sending the email so pay  attention to that sentence structure number nine  

to give away. This means to provide for free so  this is a great phrasal verb. For me I could say  

I give away my best tips and advice on how to be  helpful right here on this YouTube channel. Now  

let's say you have a lot of items from your kids,  but your kids are growing up now but you have a  

lot of their clothes, their toys, even furniture  for your kids. You might want to give that away  

so you can provide it to another parent or someone  else for free. We gave away all our kids clothes  

when they moved out. So when you want to get  rid of something in your house, you can sell it  

or you can give it away provide it for free and  finally number 10. To frown on. This means to  

disapprove of something. So you might say  my boss disapproves of casual clothes. So  

you can say my boss frowns on wearing casual  clothes. Notice our sentence structure frowns  

on wearing we need our gerund verb so are you  ready for your quiz? Here are the questions hit  

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

How did you do with that quiz? Well, let's  find out! Here are the answers. Hit pause,  

take as much time as you need, compare your  answers. And when you're ready, hit play.  

So how did you do? Share your score in the  comments below. And don't worry if you got  

any wrong. Just leave some example sentences  to practice in the comments below. And leave  

an example sentence with your favorite phrasal  verb from this list in the comments below. And  

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