Learn English Phrasal Verbs about Cooking and Eating

Hello students. Today’s video is  phrasal verbs about cooking and eating.  

My name is Danny and welcome to the  December phrasal verbs challenge. 

In this lesson, I will introduce several  phrasal verbs about cooking and eating  

with the meaning of each phrasal verb. After  each phrasal verb you will learn small parts of  

an English conversation. At the end of the lesson  we will put the conversation parts together to  

reveal the full conversation. Let’s get started:

The first phrasal verb is Pig out. Pig out means  to eat a large amount of food. Have a look at  

this guy. He is pigging out on hamburgers.  Here’s an example of a short conversation. 

A: What are you going to do tonight?  Do you want to go to a concert? 

B: No, I want to have a lazy evening. I’ll  probably watch Netflix and pig out on some pizza.  

You could ask Danny. Maybe  he wants to go to a concert.

The next phrasal verb about cooking  and eating is: Pick at. Pick at  

means to eat only small amounts of a meal. Danny usually just picks at his meal. Here’s  

an example of a conversation. A: Hey Danny. Do you want  

to go to a concert tonight? B: Sure, that sound like fun. 

A: Are you ok? You are just picking at your meal. B: I’m not very hungry because I really  

pigged out at lunch earlier.

Another phrasal verb about cooing and  eating is: Whip Up. Whip up means to quickly  

make a meal or something to eat. He whipped  up a delicious meal for us in 15 minutes.  

Here’s a conversation example: A: Well, I’m hungry but we don’t have  

a lot of time before the concert starts. B: Don’t worry I’ll quickly whip  

something up for you.

The next phrasal verb about cooking and  eating is Fry up. Fry up means to cook  

something by frying. Frying is to cook food  in some kind of oil. Let’s fry some eggs up  

for dinner. Here’s a conversation example. B: Oh no, I can’t whip up any food because  

I only have eggs. A: That’s ok,  

you can fry up a few eggs for me. B: Ok, great. I’ll fry those up now.

The last phrasal verb is eat up. Eat up means  to eat all of something. Eat up! We’ve got to  

go out soon. Here’s a conversation example: B: Ok, here are the eggs. Now eat up,  

the concert starts in an hour. A: Haha, ok. I’ll eat quickly.

We studied: Pig out, Pick at,  

whip up, fry up, and eat up. Now let’s study the full conversation.

A: What are you going to do tonight? Do  

you want to go to a concert? B: No, I want to have a lazy  

evening. I’ll probably watch Netflix and pig  out on some pizza. You could ask Danny. Maybe  

he wants to go to a concert. A: Hey Danny. Do you want  

to go to a concert tonight? B: Sure, that sound like fun. 

A: Are you ok? You are just picking at your meal. B: I’m not very hungry because I really  

pigged out at lunch earlier. A: Well, I’m hungry but we don’t  

have a lot of time before the concert starts. B: Don’t worry I’ll quickly whip something  

up for you. B: Oh no,  

I can’t whip up any food because I only have eggs. A: That’s ok, you can fry up a few eggs for me. 

B: Ok, great. I’ll fry those up now. B: Ok, here are the eggs. Now eat up,  

the concert starts in an hour. A: Haha, ok. I’ll eat quickly. 

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