2019-12-12
6 分钟Hi there, this is Harry from www.englishlessonviaskype.com and welcome back to my English learning podcast where I try to help you improve your spoken English and also the grammatical points around that.Today, we're looking at some phrasal verbs. I've taken three particular phrasal verbs. All of them are with the preposition UP.Learn English with me. Improve your conversational skills in my Easy Peasy English learning club https://www.englishlessonviaskype.com/easy-peasy-english-club Sup...
Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to our podcast where I help you with your understanding of the english language, some grammar aspects, and also help you to communicate better.
So the next podcast is looking at some phrasal verbs.
I've taken three particular phrasal verbs, all using the preposition up.
And if you remember the rules, a phrasal verb is usually informal and is made up of a verb plus one or possibly two prepositions.
As I said in the example that I'm going to give you, I'm using the preposition up, u p, up.
So we have three phrasal verbs.
Sign up, pay up, and come up.
So there are three simple to sign, to pay to come, sign up, pay up, and come up.
Okay, so let me give you an example of how we use them.
And remember, when we use the phrasal verbs, they are informal.
So we're usually talking to people that we know well or writing to people that we know well and not using them normally in business speech, but that it is possible.
And always a phrasal verb can be replaced by another more formal style of verb.
So first one, sign up.
I have signed up for the local fun run to raise money for charity.
I need to get some training.
I have signed up for the local fun run to raise money for charity, I need to get some training.
So here, signed up means I have joined.
Okay, so we could use that verb instead of signed up, I have joined, or I'm going to help the local charity by taking part in the fun run.
Okay, so signed up.