
Explore how phrasal verbs differ from regular verbs, why they are common and powerful, and learn about transitive and intransitive, separable and inseparable forms.
Master phrasal verbs by seeing how a verb and a particle combine to create new meanings, with examples like bring up and pick up to help you speak more naturally.
Explore the differences between British and American English phrasal verbs. Compare examples like check something out, shut it down versus shut it up, and fill out versus fill them in.
Explore transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs, learn how objects follow verbs, and see how same verbs like 'look up' change meaning with or without an object.
Explore transitive phrasal verbs, distinguishing separable verbs that allow the object between or after the particle from inseparable ones like 'run into' that stay together.
Very long objects usually go after the particle in separable phrasal verbs; pronouns precede the particle, and object follows all particles; look forward to, look down on, catch up on.
Master phrasal verbs by looking up each one in context to understand formality and connotation, use them appropriately, and check transitivity with dictionaries and examples to avoid awkward, hesitant usage.
Learn to focus on the most useful phrasal verbs, selecting 10 from the top 1.5% of usage based on the 560-million American English corpus and the 100-million British National Corpus.
Explore the ultimate phrasal verb guide with an attachment that teaches 10 phrasal verbs and their spoken and academic meanings. Includes pronunciation videos and practical exercises.
Unpack the three main uses of back up in spoken English—supporting a claim with evidence, referring to prior speech, and moving backward—plus formal usage with data backup.
Explore the two main meanings of blow up: to explode or destroy something, especially with a bomb, and to become angry or to enlarge an image on a computer screen.
Explore the phrasal verb break down and its three core meanings: stop functioning, divide into parts, and become emotional. Learn formal uses, like breaking down findings or barriers.
Explore the fourth phrasal verb break off, with two spoken meanings to end a relationship or negotiation, and two formal meanings to separate from a larger piece.
Explore how break out means to start to develop suddenly, especially in fighting or war, and how it also means to escape a place, such as breaking out of prison.
Learn the phrasal verb 'to break up,' meaning to end something or to separate into smaller pieces; spoken English favors ending relationships, while formal English emphasizes breaking into parts.
Learn how the phrasal verb bring about means to cause something or make it happen in spoken and academic English, with informal and formal usage examples.
Explore the phrasal verb 'bring back' and its two meanings in spoken and formal English: returning tangible items, and reviving abstract ideas or memories, such as capital punishment.
Explore bring down and its three meanings: to oust someone powerful, to reduce a level or amount, and to cause something to fall, with examples: president, house prices, cell towers.
Learn the phrasal verb bring in and its three meanings: involve someone in a task, physically bring into a place, and raise or mention ideas, with example usage.
Learn what a phrasal verb is, why it matters for native-like speech, and how its types work, with 10 of the top 1.5% of phrasal verbs from over 10,000.
If you want to be fluent in English and sound native, you need to know phrasal verbs well.
There's a ton of information on them, but it's all in tiny pieces spread across grammar books, dictionaries, and various websites.
I spent a year putting this information together and building this course to make phrasal verbs as easy to understand as physically possible. By taking this course you'll save tons of time and the frustration involved in digging for bits and pieces of necessary information.
This course breaks down what phrasal verbs are, why they matter, what kinds of phrasal verbs exist, and what is the best way to learn them.
You will learn 10 of the 1.5% most common phrasal verbs in the English language: what they are, which of their meanings are the most/least common (with the % of their usage and examples), and a variety of exercises to help you cement them in your memory.
This course will give you the NECESSARY knowledge to transform your "good English" into "native English" - as long as you follow all recommendations and do all the exercises provided.
Note that the theoretical part (video) of the course is 40 minutes long, but the activities section is expected to take 5-6 hours. This is because I have created custom exercises for you to practice what is taught in the video.