Phrasal Verbs

So we're going to try to learn about five things this week:

1. infinitives and gerunds
2. tenses
3. prepositions
4. phrasal verbs
5. idioms

We chose phrasal verbs for today.  What are they? 

Well really they are like any other verb which can change meanings.  We used the example of play.

Play guitar is different to play XBox, which is different to play dead, which is also different to play chess, different to play your brother... meaning to fool him.

Phrasal verbs actually make it easier to understand what the speaker means.  They provide more context.

We talked about a game playing out or a conflict playing out meaning a the game or conflict stopping because it had exhausted its own energy.

Out is often used for the end of something unreal or temporary or which is finishing, but not always.

We listened to this video to see if we could find some phrasal verbs.

On this video we heard some interesting things that might be classified as "phrasal verbs" or might not.

Which one is a phrasal verb from these which we heard?

I grew up with my grandparents.

I think you should check it out.

We wanted to save money on food.

My children are currently addicted to croissants.

Pronunciation:

We talked about "upspeak" noted the interesting thing that something that happens in a lot of English accents... the lack of final - t and - d sounds.  Remember how Khalid heard the first man say FOO- instead of FOOD.  That's very typical in and around New York City.  You might hear me do the same.  It's not that it's perfect, but if you can hear it- and accept it -you will be a better listener. 

That's what we did.