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10 PHRASAL VERBS using the prepositions OFF, ON, OVER, UP
Did you know that by simply adding a preposition, you can transform normal verbs into phrasal verbs? Prepositions tell us the where, how, and why in a sentence. In this lesson, we will focus on the prepositionsoff, on, over, and up to form our phrasal verbs. Native English speakers like to use phrasal verbs because they contain the same amount of information as a long phrase does but in a small recognizable word pattern. For example, we can replace the phrase “research information online about something” with look up. You can also replace “contact someone to give them information” with follow up. So much more simple, right? Watch the lesson to find out what other phrasal verbs you can form with these prepositions. They will be useful to you in business and in everyday life.
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Hi. Nice video. Are there any common phrasal verbs with “UPON”?
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James, many thanks for the clear and reasonable explanation of how to apply the phrasal verbs and why English-speaking people use them. Got 10/10.
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80%. Thank you James!
Thanks James!
I called my meeting with my friend on Saturday in the evening. Because than, I made decision are going to the theatre and I need to dress up. I get on with my co-worker Ana. I invited her to go together She asked me look up about the play and follow up her, but I did not do it.For us the performance was very boring and dray on, but we move on and suffered to the end.
I got 100%
Great!100%!! I understand everything the first time with my poor English)) Thanks James!
Hello im learning english as you in this wonderful site too and im looking for someone who’s interested to try a tandem with me, if it works it would be great, we can fit a meeting over zoom, i live in Germany and i want to improve my english. Because of quarentine i have more time to learn english but i want to start a tamdem with another english learners in order to improve speaking helping us each other. What do you mean???
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90% and wrong at number 9. your audio is not clearly, sometime is big sometime is small, so must to focus everytime listen it. if you don’t mind please drag your micro close up to your mouth. thank you
Thank you for your suppot
I’ve already learned a lot of phrase preposition. But I still appreciate you for helping me go over it again. It’s helpful!
70% little bit sad
Hi Mr James,thanks a lot.
I am learning faster and better with you.
90% Thank you??
Good lesson Mr. James. Thank you
Many thanks for your support
Somebody wants to practice?
Me!
Thank you James.very useful
Negotiations have dragged on longer than expected.
We have to call off/put off the next meeting.
Yes, our deal depends on stock prices in heavy trading, could you follow it up?
Yes, I take it on.
We should go over our project again and dress it up a little bit.
Yeah 100%
Thank you very much for the lesson James.
Edd;” Hey Molly, I have a query, Are you and Tomas get on?.”
Molly; “What Tom is coming?! there’s no way that I’m going to go tomorrow, Sorry I’m calling off.”
Edd; “Oh come on! think it over!.”
Molly;” well, it depends on if James comes or not”.
EDD; “James is taking on a night shift in the hospital”.
Molly;” listen I’ll open up with you mate, we had a massive fight and didn’t move on up to now”.
Edd; “I see, we can fix it”.
Molly; “I’ll think it over and follow up with you later”.
Hi James
This is the best way to teach phrasal verbs.
Congratulations because this lesson is very clear and nice
Cheers
couldn’t watch the videos,,,,sad
Hi james, Rodrigo from Cali-Colombia, I was wondering if you have some video about preposition ” along” , I was looking for it, but I couldn´t found it out
thanks
70%! Thank you very much James!!!
Hey, scientific American is not sci-fi !
100% thanks james
awesome class
Tks in advanced> Very useful lesson!
I have to apologise to you Mr James, I have been busy through out last week so I have to Call Off my lesson even though I supposed to be done with my English by now but its keep Dragging On and I promised to Take On the lesson that I missed to Dress up my English speaking/writing.
Thank you so much, Mr. James.
Dear Mr James, could you support me please by marking and assessing my text (homework)?
Conversation containing at least four phrasal verbs :)
E: a couple of days ago, i met a beutiful russian girl and fell in love with her
We’ve fixed a date for yesterday but I had to call it off, because i got corona virus.
My brother called a doctor for me?
A friend of me: How are you feeling?
E: I’m fine, but I don’t know what might tomorrow happen,
It depends on, such a mix love and corona could be more dangerous, means my
doctor. He is looking it up and will go over
other similar cases, before he follows me up again to give
me more information about whether i should stay home or i should go to the hospital.
Thank you, teacher
hi, I got 90%, you are an excellent teacher.
Why this video are unavailable?
Not only this video a lot of them!
Thanks
I got it
He is an excellent teacher .
Thank you very much James, a great lesson to improve prep meaning. I got 100.
Thank you for these wonderful videos. I got 10 out of 10:)
I got 90, not bad though.
thanks James… I like your teaching.. it has also some humor which makes your teaching interesting :)
You are a great teacher! Thank you!!!
Thank yoy James.
Somehow, the phrasal verbs become clearer for me. Indeed there is some logic . Very well explained.
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Thank you Mr. James!
thank you Mr. James!it´s so easy to learn with you.
I need look over to “phrasal verbs” and get them up to my library…
By the way, why nobody didn’t drag us on to “dragon” jokes :/
Thank you James. We are taking on more study when you encourages us. <3
This is so helpful.
Thanks. James. I will do my homework. It is difficult for me to open up and discuss my problems freely even my native language. If I can not, I don’t get on with. Before I speak in English, I go over you video, I follow up with you. So I can participate English party without calling off.
Thanks a lot, James. I like the easy way to explain that matter that is not easy and commun for me. Definitely I need to do homework.
MRP
Top class James, like always.
SUPERB, I enjoy it!
Ihad to listen the lesson twice, finally Igot 100. thank you
I got a 9 and it’s alright this video helps me understand what phrasal verbs are and I’m able to look up more phrasal verbs in any informational site I could find, again thanks, sir.