WORKSHOP- PHRASAL VERBS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS

Designed by Jonny Jasses Torregroza Oliveros

General Objective: Raise students’ awareness of the importance of using and

understanding phrasal verbs as part of everyday conversations.

1. Warm up

The teacher starts the class talking about his daily routine using phrasal verbs.
“I usually get up at 5 am, I take a shower, get dressed and get ready to take off….”

2. Introduction
The teacher will introduce the topic using these questions.

3. How do you help out your friends and family?

4. What time do you usually get up? Do you wish you could get up earlier or
later?
5. Have you ever been picked up by a crazy taxi driver?
6. Can you set up a computer?
7. Do you talk your friends into doing bad things?
8. Is there anything you turned down but now regret it?
9. What is the best or worst thing your friends talked you into?
10. What do you leave out when you talk to your parents about your life?
11. How often do you borrow money? Do you always pay it back?
12. Have any of your friends borrowed money and not paid you back?
13. How often do you get together with your high school or elementary school
friends?
14. Have you ever blown anything up? What was it and how did it happen?
15. Have you ever had to take care of someone or something (sibling, pet,
babysitting, etc.)? Did you enjoy it?
16. What is your favorite place to eat out at?
17. Do you know anyone who dropped out of high school or university?
18. Is there anyone you don’t get along with? Who and why?
19. How do you pick out the clothes you are going to buy? How about the
clothes you are going to wear for the day?
 20. Is there anything you need to cut down on?
21. What is something that you always put off until another day?
22. Have you ever run into a celebrity?
23. When do you usually wake up? When would you prefer to wake up?
24. If you could do something over in your life, what would you do over?
25. What do you leave out when you talk to your parents about your life?
26. How often do you borrow money? Do you always pay it back?
27. Have any of your friends borrowed money and not paid you back?
28. How often do you get together with your high school or elementary school
friends?
29. How do you help out your friends and family?
30. What time do you usually get up? Do you wish you could get up earlier or
later?

3. LISTENING

Phrasal verbs in daily English conversations

Students listen to an expert talking about phrasal verbs. As the speaker talks, teacher and
students discuss and come up with examples of every single phrasal verb.

4. APPLICATION

Pair work. Students go through the following conversations and then make up and write
down their own situations using most of the phrasal verbs studied through the lesson.

10 Phrasal Verbs in Conversation

pull off / pull through

“Congratulations on finishing the marathon!”

“Thanks! I can’t believe I pulled it off.”

“Did you find it difficult?”

“My legs started hurting during the last five miles – but all the people cheering us on
definitely helped me pull through the pain and reach the finish line.”
pull off (an accomplishment) = To succeed in doing something despite difficulties or
obstacles.
pull through (a difficulty) = To continue through a difficulty
“Pull off” refers to the success; “pull through” refers to the difficulty.

 I pulled off an 85% on the test even though I didn’t study!

 Listening to music helped me pull through my depression.

run into / run out of

“Have you seen Jerry lately?”

“Yes, actually, I ran into him at the supermarket yesterday.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yup. My wife sent me to the store because we had run out of sugar. I saw Jerry in the
checkout line and we chatted for a few minutes.”

run into = meet someone by chance (without planning)

run out of = when you don’t have any more of something
 I ran into a former teacher of mine at the concert.
 Oh no – we’ve run out of toilet paper! Can you go buy some more?

take up / keep up
“You look fantastic! Have you been working out? (= exercising)”
“Yes, actually I’ve taken up yoga. I started classes last month, and I love it!”
“That’s great! Keep it up – it’s really good for your health.”

take up = to start doing something

keep up = to continue doing something
 I’m thinking about taking up guitar – I’d like to learn how to play a musical instrument.
 Your English is improving. Keep up the good work!

put away / throw away

“Where are the papers that were on the table? Did you put them away?”
“I threw them away. Why, were they important?”
“Yes! It was my English homework. Now I’ll have to do it over again.”