Six Minute Grammar from the BBC.
Hello, welcome to Six Minute Grammar with.
Me, Callum and me, Catherine.
In this program, we're talking about multi word verbs.
Yes.
These are verbs that are made up of more than one word.
There is a main verb followed by one or two particles, which might be adverbs or prepositions.
And multi word verbs are incredibly important.
They're used all the time in spoken English and often in written English.
So if you want to have a good enough understanding of English and want to be able to express yourself naturally, it's a good idea to know your multi word verbs.
There are different types of multi word verbs and today we're looking at four types of prepositional and phrasal verbs.
And to keep things simpler, we'll refer to them all as phrasal verbs.
Let's start with a clip from Dave.
And Dave is talking about his holiday.
And listen for the answer to this question.
Why did Dave have to stay in bed?
It wasn't the holiday I was expecting.
On the first day, I picked up a nasty bug.
I think I picked it up from something I ate.
Anyway, I had to stay in bed.