Come Up, Go Back, Find Out ✨Most Common Phrasal Verbs in English (4-6)

Hi everyone. I'm Jennifer from English with  Jennifer. I've come up with the series to help you  

master the most common phrasal verbs in English.  This isn't the first series I've produced, but  

it will be the longest. I'm sure you'll find out  that you know some of the phrasal verbs already,  

but you may discover new meanings. Many  phrasal verbs have multiple definitions,  

so let's study them one at a time. Remember  to go back and review as necessary. You can  

return to any lesson at any time. Do you have  a favorite holiday? It's hard for me to choose.  

It's January now, and February isn't far away,  so Valentine's day is coming up. Since February  

14th is coming soon, I'll need to prepare some  treats for my children and some close friends.

"Come up" is intransitive. In spoken English,  it usually means "coming soon," but when I talk  

about coming up with a new idea or coming up with  a new playlist, I'm using this phrasal verb with  

an object. "To come up with something" means to  create it or produce it. Guess two other meanings.

Twice when I was in New York, I had people come up  to me and ask me if I was Jennifer from YouTube.

Sometimes problems come up during a live  stream, but I can usually handle them.

In sentence A, "come up" means "approach." If  you come up to someone, you come close to them.

In sentence B, "come up" means "arise."  

When problems come up, they  happen, and you notice them.

"Go back" and "come back" are  similar. Both mean "return."

We use "come back" when we're  at the point of return already.

We'll come back to this question later. I  don't have time to give the full answer now.

Let's go back to an earlier point  and discuss it in more detail now.  

"Go back" is intransitive, but you can  use it with a prepositional phrase:  

go back to my hometown, go back to  Question 3, go back to the beginning.

If you watch enough of my lessons you'll  find out more about my life and my interests.  

Did you know that I worked in the cruise  line industry? Watch more lessons and  

you'll learn more English and discover  things about me that may surprise you.

"Find out" is transitive and separable. Find  out interesting facts. Find something out.  

In general, phrasal verbs are very common  in conversation, and a good number of them  

have academic equivalents. For example,  find out -- discover, come up -- arise.  

However, you will encounter phrasal verbs  in academic writing, so here's a quick task.  

Read the statements and determine if they're  examples of spoken English or academic writing.

Things like contractions and familiar  forms of address are typical of spoken  

English. Full verb forms and more complex  grammar are typical of academic writing.

We've now covered the six most  common phrasal verbs in English.  

Go back if you need to review. Go on if you want  to find out the next most common phrasal verbs.  

Of course, I've come up with other playlists,  so if you need a break, watch my other  

lessons. You can pick up some idioms, practice  pronunciation, or study some grammar with me.  

Then you can come back to this series with a fresh  mind. That's all for now. Please like and share  

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