English Phrasal Verbs (Extended)
An extended course of English phrasal verbs for B2–C1. The first half is built around the most frequent base verbs (do, make, get, take, give, come, put, run, set, keep, go, turn, bring, see, play, draw, call, hold, lay, bear, let, work, be), the second around particles (up, down, in, out, on, off, over, through, around/about, with, for, to, of, back, away, at, by, into, after, against, together, as). Separate units cover the syntax of phrasal verbs, the language of movement and road vocabulary, and antonym and synonym clusters. The course insists that a particle carries a stable meaning of its own: once you grasp the logic of up/down/out/off, you start inferring what unfamiliar combinations mean instead of memorising them as a list. The syllabus (scope and order of topics) follows Dave Nicholls, «Visual Phrasal Verbs» (2019); all explanations, examples and exercises were written anew for this course.
No practice tracking: the units of this course carry no exercises, so the server cannot count your work — however much you study, completed units will stay at zero. It does not stop you learning from the material, and a course like this is closed by passing the exam.
Path through the course · 18 units
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- How Phrasal Verbs Work: Syntax, Separability, Register — can start; this unit has no exercises
- DO and MAKE — can start; this unit has no exercises
- GET: The Most Productive Verb — can start; this unit has no exercises
- TAKE, GIVE and PUT — can start; this unit has no exercises
- COME, GO and RUN — can start; this unit has no exercises
- SET, KEEP and HOLD — can start; this unit has no exercises
- TURN, BRING and DRAW — can start; this unit has no exercises
- SEE, PLAY, CALL and WORK — can start; this unit has no exercises
- LAY, BEAR, LET and BE — can start; this unit has no exercises
- Movement, Falling and the Road — can start; this unit has no exercises
- The Particle UP and the Particle DOWN — can start; this unit has no exercises
- The Particle IN and the Particle OUT — can start; this unit has no exercises
- The Particle ON and the Particle OFF — can start; this unit has no exercises
- OVER, THROUGH and AROUND / ABOUT — can start; this unit has no exercises
- WITH, FOR, TO and OF — can start; this unit has no exercises
- BACK, AWAY, AT, BY and INTO — can start; this unit has no exercises
- AFTER, AGAINST, TOGETHER and AS — can start; this unit has no exercises
- Antonyms, Synonyms and Clusters: Consolidation — can start; this unit has no exercises
Programme · 18 units
| 1 | How Phrasal Verbs Work: Syntax, Separability, Register Distinguish a phrasal verb from a verb followed by an ordinary preposition | can start | |
| 2 | DO and MAKE Use the main senses of do up, do over, do in, do without, do away with, do sb down, do sb out of | can start | |
| 3 | GET: The Most Productive Verb Use get across, get at, get away (with), get back (at), get into, get on with, get over, get through, get up, get round to | can start | |
| 4 | TAKE, GIVE and PUT Use take after, take in, take on, take off, take over, take up, take back, take to | can start | |
| 5 | COME, GO and RUN Use come across, come up with, come up against, come round, come off, come out, come down to | can start | |
| 6 | SET, KEEP and HOLD Use set off, set out, set up, set about, set aside, set back, set in | can start | |
| 7 | TURN, BRING and DRAW Use turn up, turn down, turn into, turn out, turn over, turn against, turn to | can start | |
| 8 | SEE, PLAY, CALL and WORK Use see about, see off, see through, see to, see out | can start |