Telephoning someone with call up
A phone call to a friend or a business can be expressed with this everyday separable phrasal verb.
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Joining an outing
Invite someone to join an outing, say who came with you and practise the forms of this friendly everyday expression.
Read and practiseStand up: rise to your feet and describe standing
Move from sitting to standing with stand up. Practise stood up, standing up and the base form after can, with examples and three exercises.
Read and practiseMoving down from a higher place
Describe movement from a higher place to a lower one and practise the past form and the starting point.
Read and practiseLie down: resting, lying and the past form lay
Rest without mixing up lie and lay. Compare lie down with lay something down, learn lying and laid, and solve three object-based exercises.
Read and practiseLeaving a place or appearing outside
Follow someone leaving an enclosed place and notice how the same everyday expression describes the sun appearing.
Read and practiseStay up: delay bedtime and describe late evenings
Explain staying awake later than usual with stay up. Use stayed up, until and activity phrases in examples, then complete three exercises.
Read and practiseCutting things into pieces
A whole apple, a carrot or a sheet of paper can become smaller pieces: see where the object goes and practise the past form.
Read and practiseTake off: remove clothing or leave the ground
Remove boots or describe a plane leaving the ground with take off. Practise take them off, took off and two distinct meanings in context.
Read and practiseEating at a restaurant
Dinner away from home can be a treat: talk about eating in a restaurant, café or similar place and practise the verb forms.
Read and practisePick up: lift an object or collect someone
Lift a fallen object or arrange to collect someone with pick up. Practise pick it up, picked up and collection points in three exercises.
Read and practiseMeeting socially with others
Friends or family can meet for a meal or a chat; describe these occasions and make plans to see people.
Read and practisePut down: stop holding something and set it on a surface
Set a carried object on a surface with put down. Practise put it down, unchanged past put and the contrast with picking something up.
Read and practiseReturning something to its owner
A borrowed umbrella or a library book needs to go back: describe returning it and practise where nouns and pronouns go.
Read and practisePut away: return belongings to their storage place
Return belongings to their usual place with put away. Learn put them away, putting away and how storing differs from discarding an item.
Read and practiseGiving up: stopping a habit or effort
A difficult puzzle or a daily habit can lead to the same expression: learn to describe stopping an effort or leaving a habit behind.
Read and practiseThrow away: discard an item and use threw or thrown
Discard unwanted things with throw away. Practise throw it away, the past threw and the participle thrown, with examples contrasting keeping and discarding.
Read and practiseGoing away: leaving or taking a trip
A visitor leaves or a family takes a holiday: explore how to describe departure and time spent away from home.
Read and practiseTidy up: put a room or collection of things in order
Organise a room with tidy up, especially common in British English. Learn tidied, tidying and tidy it up, with or without a named object.
Read and practiseGoing in: entering a room or building
A closed door can become an entrance: describe going inside, name the destination and practise the past form in everyday situations.
Read and practiseClean up: remove a mess or make someone clean
Remove a spill or clean a workspace with clean up. Practise cleaned up, clean it up and cleaning yourself, using clear objects and context.
Read and practiseGoing on: continuing an activity
After a pause or during a long event, talk about continuing an activity and practise the verb form that follows this expression.
Read and practiseWash up: British dishes and American hands
Understand the regional meanings of wash up: dishes in British English and hands in American English. Practise washed up and wash them up.
Read and practiseGrowing from childhood into adulthood
Talk about childhood homes and becoming an adult with this everyday phrasal verb, including its past and continuous forms.
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