Commonly used Phrasal Verbs in English

 

a phrasal verb is the combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories such as a verb and preposition.

Many phrasal verbs in English are idiomatic (actual meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words) in the sense that the meaning of the verb is different from the base verb.

So, let’s sum up that a phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition; the combination creates a different meaning from the original verb.

 

Following are the most commonly used phrasal verbs in English

 

Phrasal verbs	Meaning
Hang out	To spend a lot of time in a place
Beef up	To make something bigger, better
Chip in	To add or contribute something
Count on	To depend/ trust
Dish out	To distribute/ serve
Figure out	To understand/ calculate         something
Get away	Escape from a place / have a holiday
Toy with	To consider a plan or idea
Look after	Take care of
Put up with	To tolerate
Sort out	To order/deal with an issue successfully
Tell off	Scold
Turn down	Reject
Turn up	To be found, especially by chance/ arrive
Wind up	To conclude an idea or a plan
Go off	Explode
Call off	Cancel
Put off	Postpone
Put away	Save or store
Put out	Extinguish
Bring up	Mention a topic

 

Worksheet :

create sentences by using all the above mentioned phrasal verbs.