5. Vocabulary & Fluency

By Hemanta Kumar

 


Vocabulary & Fluency

Title: Unlocking English Fluency: 5 Essential Phrasal Verbs

Welcome back to Enrich Your English! If you have ever listened to a conversation between native English speakers, you’ve heard phrasal verbs. They are everywhere! But what are they, and why do they seem so tricky?

A phrasal verb is a common verb combined with a preposition or an adverb to create a completely new meaning. For example, the verb give means to offer something, but the phrasal verb give up means to quit.

Mastering phrasal verbs is a key step toward sounding more natural and fluent. Let's look at five essential ones you can start using today.

1. Look up

  • Meaning: To search for and find a piece of information in a book, dictionary, or on a computer.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "I didn't know the meaning of that word, so I had to look it up in the dictionary."
    • "Can you look up the train schedule to London for me?"
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2. Call off

  • Meaning: To cancel a planned event.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "They had to call off the picnic because of the heavy rain."
    • "The meeting was called off at the last minute."

3. Go on

  • Meaning: To continue or proceed with an action.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "Please go on with your story; it's very interesting."
    • "The show must go on, even if we have technical problems."

4. Run out of

  • Meaning: To use all of something so that there is none left.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "I need to go to the grocery store because we have run out of milk."
    • "He was working so hard that he ran out of energy by the afternoon."

5. Bring up

  • Meaning: To start talking about a particular subject or topic.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "Don't bring up politics at the family dinner if you want to avoid an argument."
    • "She wanted to bring up the issue of her salary during the meeting with her boss."

A Quick Tip on Phrasal Verbs:

Sometimes, the verb and the preposition can be separated by an object.

  • Example: "Please turn on the light." -> "Please turn the light on."

But sometimes, they cannot be separated.

  • Example: "I will look after my sister's cat." (You cannot say "look my sister's cat after").

Don't worry about memorizing the rules at first. Just listen and read, and you will start to get a feel for how they work.

Challenge Corner: Can you use one of the phrasal verbs above in a sentence? Share it in the comments!


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