Go Off - Meaning and Examples (English Phrasal Verbs)

24,788 views ・ 2016-02-22

To Fluency


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

00:00
Hello. This is Jack from tofluency.com, and in this English lesson you going
0
0
5150
00:05
to learn about the phrasal verb: go off. So, I'm going to show you the different ways
1
5150
6400
00:11
that you can use this phrasal verb and give you examples so that you understand it, but
2
11550
6080
00:17
first I'm going to show you how I used it...
3
17630
2980
00:24
Yeah, it's a long day, it's a very long day and the alarm goes off at 5:45 at the
4
24050
8779
00:32
moment. In the video, I said, "Yeah, it's a long day. It's a very long day and the
5
32829
6311
00:39
alarm goes off at 5:45 at the moment." So, in this case go off means that the alarm
6
39140
7470
00:46
makes a noise to wake you up. So, my wife's alarm goes off at 5:45 in the
7
46610
8089
00:54
morning - really early in the morning and it makes the noise so that she wakes up.
8
54699
5770
01:00
Here is another example, That car alarm has been going off all day." So, in this
9
60469
6921
01:07
case, the alarm in the car is making a noise. The fire alarm went off today at
10
67390
7450
01:14
school. So, you can see a picture of a fire alarm and if a fire alarm goes off
11
74840
5470
01:20
it means that that alarm makes a noise. Here is another way that you can use
12
80310
5630
01:25
this phrasal verb: I think the milk has gone off. Can you smell it? In this case, it
13
85940
6780
01:32
means that the milk isn't fresh so you can think about food and drink
14
92720
5810
01:38
going off and this is when it isn't fresh any longer. In American English,
15
98530
5240
01:43
they say go bad - I think the milk has gone bad. We also use go off in this way:
16
103770
7150
01:50
the bomb went off at 9:35 a.m. and this means that the bomb exploded so you'll
17
110920
8500
01:59
hear this on the news or read it in newspapers. And finally, we can also use
18
119420
5699
02:05
it like this: I'm going off this show a little. I'm going off this show a little -
19
125119
6381
02:11
and this just means to start to dislike something, so, I'm starting to dislike
20
131500
6420
02:17
this television show - I'm going off this show a little. Now, my question for you is this:
21
137920
6360
02:24
what time does your alarm go off in the morning? So, leave your answers below this
22
144280
5599
02:29
video,
23
149879
931
02:30
thank you for watching and I'll see you next time!
24
150810
2840
About this website

This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.

https://forms.gle/WvT1wiN1qDtmnspy7