PHRASAL VERBS
Hello dear ‘students’,
Due to the petition of our classmate Paco, I’m happy to give you, some useful information about the infamous ‘phrasal verbs’ ;)
Like a teacher says in one of the videos I present today, some people get really confused with this suject, but there is no need to feel bewildered by them. Just learn them like extra vocabulary, one at the time, like separate words.
There are hundreds of them, so relax and take them easy.
For now, I am including several graphics and some videos that explore phrasal verbs originated in three concrete verbs: to get, to keep and to turn.
I hope they are of some benefit. Enjoy and learn!
I’ll try to add more to this post. Feel free to comment or suggest material for me to hang in here.
Astrid.
GET
KEEP
TURN
Wow! Thanks a lot, Astrid.
ResponderEliminarAnyway, let me tell you that we, spaniards, not only get confused with phrasal verbs, but absolutely crazy with them.
I think I'll take my time to study these pharsal verbs you have introduced to us.
See you later
Good afternoon, everybody.
ResponderEliminarThank you so much, Astrid. That's what I needed and what I was asking for.
A really hard topic though necessary. Let me tell you that I could understand accurately what Adam explained but not what James did. I had to struggle hard with James' video to understand him, not only his explanation but his english as well. By the way, I think I found out a mistake in his handwritting: "maintian" instead of "maintain".
I'll keep up trying to understand James ... I promise.
See you soon
By the way, I've thinking about topics we can talk about. Let me suggest:
ResponderEliminar* DIY: tools, offices ...
* at the supermarket: vegetables, frutis, meat, dairy goods, drinks ...
* the topic "travelling" could be divided in several ones: air (at the airport, the plane, the crew, maybe the meal they give the passengers ...), car (the road, the parts and pieces of the car, the city ...), ship (the sea, the passengers ships, the war ships, the parts of the boat ... You know: stern, bow, larboard, starboard, which always get me confused even in spanish!)
* at the shopping centre (or center, in the UK)
* at the department store
* at the theatre (or, again, the theater in the UK).
* false friends in english
* set phrases in english and their incredible translation to spanish. And viceversa.
* sayings in english
I'm sure we'll all be able to make a lot of suggestions to talk about.
See you soon and don't forget to correct my mistakes.
Hello Paco and everybody!
ResponderEliminarI’m real happy to see that the Phrasal Verbs post was useful.
It’s interesting to me the fact that you could understand better Adam than James. I understand why too. They both are fantastic, clear, knowledgeable and fun, but Adam keeps in mind that he is teaching English to foreigners, so his use of the language is tight, slow and very scrupulous. While James talks fast, like it actually happens in real life. He talks, like he would talk to anybody. James also allows himself some not so proper, but still light jokes, in which you will find a second meaning.
It would be very good to sharpen your ear listening to James, an excellent exercise.
I appreciate your suggestions on future themes for class. We will discuss them with the other gentlemen. I think though, that the supermarket topics listed, could be addressed in the class dedicated to cooking. But if you want different indications, like the supermarket sections, ways to pay, parking lots, etcetera, of course, we can dedicate another class to that.
I will keep in mind all of your considerations for the travel post. Thank you very much. I think those were very good ideas.
I m planning on giving the group a surprise topic, the class that comes right after finishing our first set of 6 themes that we have established.
Thank you so much, see you soon.