Well hey there! I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!
Question. How do you feel about phrasal verbs?
Do you shudder when you hear me say those words?
Or do you think "Nah, I'm cool with phrasal verbs,
Perhaps you think that you're a phrasal verbs expert.
Well today, we'll find out just how good you really are
because I'm going to test you with a phrasal verbs quiz.
As you know, native English speakers use phrasal verbs
formally, informally, written and spoken English,
Actually in this lesson right here, I talked about
the different types of phrasal verbs,
and some tips about how to remember them
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We just hung out on the beach all day.
Yeah right, piecing it together. Figuring it out.
Now because you hear phrasal verbs everywhere,
it's so, so important to become familiar with them
and their different meanings and to start using them
This is a really important part of taking your English
So today we're going to find out
just how good you really are with phrasal verbs
and hopefully, you'll learn some new ones
that you can practise during the week.
Now since this is a test - a test.
I'll be asking you questions about the meanings
and I'll start off with some common ones.
Hopefully you get those ones easily but then,
they'll get harder, they'll get a little more challenging.
But right now, let's focus on the quiz.
I'm going to give you a phrasal verb up here
and then you'll see three different meanings.
All you need to do is guess the correct definition
of each phrasal verb, easy huh?
write a sentence with each phrasal verb that you hear
in the comments. I'll be checking to make sure
that you've used them correctly.
Just add it in the comments below.
Our first phrasal verb is 'come over'
The correct answer is B: to invite someone to visit you.
So you can use 'come over' to invite someone
to your house and to talk about people who visit you.
Would you like to come over for dinner tomorrow night?
Next phrasal verb, to 'break up'
It's C!
You can use 'break up' to talk about
and usually it's a romantic relationship.
So that one might have been a little trickier
because the other definitions that I gave there,
they actually relate to the verb 'break'
not the the phrasal verb 'break up'.
So they're similar but different.
Phrasal verbs can be sneaky like that.
Now I want to check, did you watch this lesson here?
In it, my friend Matt and I talked about phrasal verbs
and idioms that are used to talk about relationships
in English and we talked a lot about
And there's also a bonus definition for you because
like many phrasal verbs, this one actually
because you can also use 'break up' to talk about
Now does that phrasal verb mean...
We use 'get-together' to talk about meeting up
with someone, whether it's at a house or a coffee shop
Get-together with a friend for dinner.
Get-together with your family for the holidays
or get-together with someone that you haven't seen
And you might also hear 'get-together' used as a noun,
Okay, 'hear about'.
Now does that phrasal verb mean...
You're told some news about something.
Oh and when you use 'hear about', it's usually
some news that's interesting or exciting
or surprising. So how are you feeling
so far about these phrasal verbs?
Did you get all of them right?
Or maybe you learnt a new one and that's cool too!
Now we're going to take this upper level
and challenge you with some more difficult
phrasal verbs. So let's see what you've got.
So does 'come down with' mean...
Now this phrasal verb is often used when you're just
So you can use this phrasal verb to talk about
that moment when you first start feeling sick,
when you first start experiencing the symptoms
or you can use it to talk about someone else
when they start feeling under the weather.
It's C. When you can count on someone,
you know they'll be there for you when you need them
or if you ask for help, they'll do it.
And if you've given them a task or some responsibility,
That's actually another phrasal verb, to 'let down'
But it's quite the opposite of 'count on'
If you let someone down, you disappoint them
by not doing something that you've said that you'll do
or that you're expected to do.
We're talking about 'count on' here, not 'let down'
Okay let's try another, 'drop in on'.
Now if you drop in on someone are you...
The answer here is A and actually you might
hear this phrasal verb just used as 'drop in'.
And actually, 'call in' is used in a really similar way.
So 'drop in' or 'call in', they're quite informal activities
and they're sort of unexpected.
It's when you stop to visit someone without making
any plans first so they probably
don't know that you're coming.
All right, what about 'look up to'?
but the answer B is correct and most often
it's used to talk about someone who you admire
or who you wish you could be like.
Well we're not talking about the verb 'to turn',
and we're not talking about changing the volume either.
Although that is another correct way to use
this phrasal verb, you can 'turn up' the music.
But in these options, A a is correct.
We're not using a phone, we're not calling anyone.
So in other words, we're canceling that thing.
Sometimes you just have to admit defeat, right?
Maybe you give in and accept that you were wrong
or because no one else agrees with you
or because it's too difficult to keep fighting.
In all of those situations, you might give in.
This one's a really useful one!
You can also use 'hold back' to talk about
physically holding something back
but that wasn't an option here.
In this case, we're talking about not doing something
that you wanted to do, usually because you're scared
or worried or because you know that you shouldn't.
Okay, to 'drop off'. So does that mean
Okay so the last two might sound the same
but they're actually totally different okay?
This one has nothing to do with your job, right?
We work out by going to the gym, going for a run
or doing any kind of sport for the purpose of
losing weight or staying healthy or getting stronger.
Now some people love working out, right?
And I have a love/hate relationship with the gym.
The main reason that I go is so that I can enjoy
I mean that's the whole point of the gym, isn't it?
But what about to 'work (something) out'?
Now I'm trying to trick you here! Even though 'work out'
is to exercise, to 'work something out' or to 'work out
something' has a completely different meaning.
So answer B is the correct one.
You can use 'work out something' or
'work something out' when you're solving a problem
or you're discovering how to fix something.
Did you get many of those phrasal verbs correct?
If you did, high fives, that's awesome!
But even if you got a few of them wrong, well,
it's not all bad news because you've just learnt
In fact, if you did get a couple wrong,
I want you to use them in a sentence
in the comments below this video.
That will really help the meaning of these phrasal verbs
Oh man, I could keep going with phrasal verbs forever!
And if this quiz made you realise that you'd like to
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