23 Easy English Phrasal Verbs for Beginners

0:00 Come in.

0:01 Hello, I'm Alex, and today we are going

0:05 to learn 23 phrasal verbs that are perfect for

0:10 English beginners.

0:11 Why are phrasal verbs important?

0:14 We hear phrasal verbs everywhere.

0:17 At the bank, at the grocery store, at the mechanic.

0:23 Yes, phrasal verbs can be a challenge, but I promise

0:28 that the phrasal verbs in this video are good

0:33 for your level.

0:35 So let's go.

0:36 I said let's go.

0:39 Another way to say let's go is come on.

0:44 So come on means come with me or follow me.

0:50 So you can say

0:52 come on to your friends if you want to leave

0:57 a place.

0:58 Another easy command phrasal verb,

1:02 easy command phrasal verb is hurry up.

1:07 Hurry up.

1:08 This means go faster.

1:10 Say it.

1:12 Hurry up.

1:15 Okay, so hurry.

1:16 Maybe your friend is in the

1:18 bathroom.

1:18 I don't know why I'm writing.

1:21 Your friend is writing a book in the bathroom, and

1:25 you want your friend to finish in the bathroom.

1:29 You say, hey, hurry up.

1:32 Go faster.

1:33 Finish faster.

1:35 So repeat hurry up.

1:39 Next, at the beginning of the video, I said come

1:44 in.

1:45 Come in means enter.

1:47 This one is very logical.

1:50 Come, come in, inside.

1:52 So when you open the door

1:55 to a person, you can say, ah, come in.

1:59 Come in.

2:01 You say it.

2:04 Come in.

2:05 Finally, hold on.

2:08 Okay, so hold on.

2:11 This means wait or stop.

2:14 So if your friend is walking very quickly, you can say, hold

2:22 on.

2:23 Hold on.

2:24 Because you want them to wait for

2:27 you or you want them to stop because you want to

2:33 catch them.

2:34 Catch, catch them.

2:35 So you can say,

2:38 repeat after me.

2:40 Hold on.

2:41 Okay, good.

2:43 It's okay?

2:45 Okay, I told you these are good for your level.

2:52 Let's continue.

2:53 The next two phrasal verbs are

2:56 wake up and get up.

2:58 We use these phrasal verbs

3:00 to talk about the morning when we open our

3:04 eyes and when we leave our bed in the morning.

3:10 So repeat after me.

3:12 I wake up at six o'clock.

3:20 Wake up.

3:21 I stop sleeping.

3:23 I open my eyes.

3:26 Next, repeat after me.

3:29 I get up at six o'clock.

3:35 So get up means you leave the bed.

3:39 Sorry if I didn't give you enough time to say it.

3:44 So you can use this one or this one.

3:48 People use both to talk about the time they stop sleeping

3:53 in the morning.

3:54 So me, I wake up at 5.50 in the

3:59 morning, but I get up at six o'clock.

4:04 How about you?

4:06 Tell me in the comments.

4:08 The next two phrasal verbs are used to talk about clothes

4:13 and other things that you put on your body.

4:19 For example, rings or earrings or necklaces

4:24 or watches for the time.

4:27 So you can put something

4:30 on your body or take something off your body.

4:37 For example, repeat.

4:39 Put your shoes on.

4:43 Take off your coat.

4:51 Good.

4:52 Now here you will notice I put your shoes

4:57 in the middle of put and on.

5:01 This is because many phrasal verbs in English can be separated.

5:09 Many can't, but many can.

5:12 For now, just know

5:14 at the beginner level, just know some phrasal

5:19 verbs you can separate.

5:21 Okay?

5:21 So you can say

5:23 put on your shoes or put your shoes on.

5:29 You can say take off your coat or take your coat off.

5:37 Is that okay?

5:38 Okay, you are doing great.

5:41 Let's continue.

5:42 Next, we have four phrasal verbs

5:46 that use the verb turn.

5:49 We will go one by one.

5:52 So the first example says turn on the light,

5:57 please.

5:58 So we can use turn on to mean start something, start a machine or something

6:06 electronic.

6:07 You can turn on your phone, turn on

6:11 your TV.

6:12 You can turn on the light in a room.

6:16 For example, the opposite of turn on is that's

6:22 right, turn off.

6:23 So listen to this example.

6:27 Could you please turn off the light?

6:30 This is a question.

6:32 It is a request.

6:33 And I need to put a

6:36 question mark with that.

6:38 Sorry, if it looks

6:40 a little funny.

6:42 So turn on, start, turn off,

6:46 close, close or like end.

6:48 So turn off the TV,

6:51 turn off your computer, turn off the light.

6:56 Next, we have turn up and turn down.

7:00 So this means to increase something, turn up or decrease

7:07 something, turn down.

7:09 For example, can you turn

7:13 up the volume?

7:15 I can't hear the TV.

7:17 Can you turn up the volume so I can hear the TV better?

7:25 Next, please turn down the heat.

7:29 It is very hot in this

7:33 room.

7:34 You have the heat on.

7:37 Please turn down, reduce, turn down the heat.

7:42 Is that okay?

7:44 Okay, just to make sure, please repeat after me.

7:48 Turn on the light.

7:53 Turn off the TV.

7:58 Turn up the volume.

8:06 Turn down, turn down the heat.

8:11 Good.

8:11 So far, so good.

8:14 Let's continue.

8:15 Now, I want to talk about some physical actions.

8:20 Maybe you know these actions.

8:23 If you don't, it's

8:25 okay.

8:25 The first physical action is sit down.

8:29 Sit down.

8:30 This is a comfortable chair.

8:33 I am sitting down.

8:35 Are you sitting down while you are

8:40 watching this video or are you standing up?

8:45 So repeat after me.

8:48 You can sit down on the couch.

8:56 Couch is another word for sofa, right?

8:59 A big seat in the living room.

9:02 And the next one,

9:04 repeat after me.

9:06 I should stand up.

9:10 This is true for me.

9:13 At home, at work, I sit down a lot.

9:19 I type on my computer, and I should stand up more.

9:25 Now, I am standing up.

9:27 It's hard.

9:28 It's very hard.

9:31 Okay, next, pick up your socks.

9:34 So, to pick up

9:36 is to lift something from a surface.

9:41 I don't have socks.

9:43 Ah, there is a water bottle on the floor.

9:48 I will pick up the water bottle.

9:52 So, I picked up

9:54 the water bottle from the floor.

9:57 The opposite of pick up is to put down.

10:02 So, to put down something

10:04 is to place it on a surface.

10:08 So, repeat after me.

10:10 Put down your phone.

10:14 Okay, now both pick up and put down.

10:18 You need an object, okay?

10:20 So, you need to pick up something.

10:25 You can say, "Pick it up." Right?

10:29 Remember, we can separate some phrasal verbs.

10:33 Pick it up.

10:35 You can also command someone, "Put it down."

10:41 Put it down.

10:42 I will put down this water bottle,

10:47 and we will continue with the lesson.

10:51 These phrasal verbs we use to talk about going inside

10:57 a place or going outside a place.

11:01 So, for example, "Let's go in." Right?

11:06 So, "Let's go in" means

11:09 let's enter.

11:10 Let's go in to the restaurant, for example.

11:15 Next, "Do you want to go out?"

11:20 Go out means to leave your home, usually for a

11:25 fun social activity like coffee with your friend

11:30 or a movie, or to go shopping just for fun.

11:35 So, "Do you want to go out?" And then the person

11:40 answers, "No, I want to stay in." So, "Stay in"

11:47 means stay at home.

11:49 I want to stay here.

11:52 So, "Do you like to go out or stay in on Friday night?" Tell me in the comments.

12:03 Remember, in the comments, what time do you wake up and do

12:09 you like to go out or stay in on Friday night?

12:15 Finally, we have two phrasal verbs.

12:19 They both mean return.

12:21 You can go back to a place or come

12:26 back to a place.

12:28 Now, "Go back" means from here

12:32 to there, and "Come back" means from there to

12:38 here.

12:38 Okay?

12:39 Go and come.

12:41 That's the difference.

12:43 So, for example, "I want to go back home."

12:49 Right?

12:50 I want to leave this place.

12:53 I want to go from here to my home.

12:57 So, repeat after me,

13:00 "I want to go back home." Good.

13:04 And repeat after me, "What time will you come back?"

13:14 So, maybe your roommate, your friend went to the store, and you say, "Ah, okay.

13:23 Well, I need the car in one hour.

13:26 What time will you

13:28 come back?" From the store to our apartment,

13:33 for example.

13:34 Okay.

13:35 Go in, go out, stay in, go back, come back.

13:41 Just two more.

13:43 The final two phrasal verbs are about public

13:47 transportation.

13:48 Entering public transportation and leaving or exiting public transportation.

13:57 Usually, this is about buses, trains, and subways.

14:04 Boats as well.

14:05 Big boats.

14:06 So, if you use a big

14:08 form of public transportation, you can use the

14:13 phrasal verbs "get on" to mean enter the form of

14:18 public transportation, and "get off" to exit or

14:23 leave the form of public transportation.

14:27 So, repeat after me, "Let's get on the bus."

14:35 "I think I hear a bus outside.

14:38 Do you hear it?

14:40 Or is the microphone okay?"

14:43 And finally, repeat after me, "We must get off at the next stop."

14:55 Good.

14:56 Like the next station, the bus stop, the subway stop, for example.

15:02 That was a lot, but you did it.

15:06 So, what can you

15:08 do now?

15:09 You can do the quiz on EngVid.

15:12 Just click the link that is attached to this video.

15:17 I hope you enjoyed practicing phrasal verbs with me.

15:22 I know they are a challenge, but with videos

15:27 like this, with practice like this, all the time,

15:32 regularly, you can improve and you will improve

15:37 your English.

15:38 Just one more thing.

15:40 If you want to learn more about phrasal verbs, I have a book.

15:46 It's called 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs.

15:50 You can get it in a PDF or a physical format from

15:54 Amazon.

15:54 Just check out the link that is attached

15:58 to this video.

15:59 Until next time, I hope that you will keep learning and keep practicing.