Need a way to practise English vocabulary?
Here's a great idea – open a twitter account and practise idioms / phrasal verbs etc in your tweets to friends, family and followers.
I saw this idea in a tweet from English Phrases who explain how to do it here.
Don't forget: to follow english-at-home.com on twitter, go here.
What's difficult in English?
A quick question for you!
Is there anything that you find particularly difficult about learning English? For some people, choosing the right tense is difficult, for others, it's speaking English, and for others, phrasal verbs are difficult.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
English phrasal verbs with "up"
Here are some common English phrasal verbs that you can use in business situations. All these phrasal verbs use "up".
Build up = to make a business bigger, to develop contacts or a presence in the market: "We have built up the business over the years and it now employs over 20 people."
Come up = happen [...]
English phrasal Verbs using "out"
There are many phrasal verbs in English that use 'out'. Here is a small selection of some of the more common ones.
back out = decide not to do something you first intended to do: "We can't back out of the holiday now – we've already paid for it!"
break out = escape: "The prisoners managed to [...]
English phrasal verbs with "on"
Some common business English phrasal verbs that use "on".
Get on = (1) have a good relationship with someone: "She gets on well with the Accounts Director"
= (2) to progress: "How are you getting on with the launch?"
Take on = employ people: "We aren't taking on any more staff this year."
Go on = continue: "Please [...]
English phrasal verbs with "off"
There are many phrasal verbs in English that use the word "off". Here are some of the more common.
Break off= end: "Talks have broken off between the union and management."
Bring off = succeed in something difficult: "The new management brought off an amazing recovery in the company's fortunes."
Call off = cancel: "The proposed merger has [...]
English phrasal Verbs using "in"
There are many English phrasal verbs that use 'in'. Here is a selection of some of the more common.
break in (1) = interrupt: "He broke in to their conversation to add that he couldn't work overtime."
break in / into (2) = burgle / steal: "Thieves broke into the warehouse and stole 100 computers."
bring in (1) [...]
English phrasal verbs with "down"
Some common business English phrasal verbs that use "down".
Back down (or climb down) = to no longer stick to your original ideas or position: "After weeks of negotiating, she backed down and accepted their conditions."
Break down (1) = examine the different parts of something: "The profits break down in the following way – 50% [...]
Three-part phrasal verbs in English
Some English phrasal verbs contain two particles, such as "put up with". With these phrasal verbs, you cannot generally separate the particles. So we say "put up with someone" (with "someone" at the end) and not, for example, "put up someone with".
come up with = to find or produce: "We need to come up with [...]
