I have been avoiding this since the beginning of my Blog but today we have to talk about one of the most difficult thing in English: the phrasal verbs.
A phrasal verb is an idiomatic phrase consisting of a verb and another element, typically an adverb (up, down, out …) or a preposition (on, off, to, in …). This combination results in a new verb with a completely different meaning from the original verb.
For example, one thing is To look (to direct your eyes in order to see) and a very different thing is To look down (to think that you are better than someone). So, it´s different to say John looked at me (John direct his eyes to myself) than John looked down on me (John thinks that he is better than me). It has a completely different meaning!!
To look down
For this reason
phrasal verbs are really difficult to learn, because they are endless and they
all have a different meaning. And the bad news is that they are used a lot,
especially in spoken English. In fact, I would say that English natives (especially
in USA) use much more phrasal verbs than regular verbs.
So, in order to
help you learning some of them we are going to watch a lesson on the phrasal
verbs used on travels based on the verb to check and we are going
to play a game to check our understanding.
Check it out!
Phrasal verbs with check
Check up (on someone): to be concern about what another person is doing.
Check out: to leave a hotel/shop and pay the bill.
Check in: to enter a hotel or an airplane.
Check for: to search or examine.
Check off: to mark names or items on a list as correct or as having been dealt with..
Check into: to enter a hospital.
Check (luggage) through: to send your luggage to your final destination, mostly in flights with stopovers.
Check with: to confirm something.
Check it out!: to take a look at something
Check (someone) out: to look at someone that is calling
your attention. Also to look at someone´s body to see if you like him or her.
And now, play this game to check your learning:
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