Phrasal verbs are verbs that contain more than one word. The 'Bad English Made Better' minipods are short and simple English grammar lessons. A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and one or ...

Don't put off learning some phrasal verbs with put. We explain more in this lesson. To put someone down can mean to insult someone or say they are bad. They always put their brother down. I don't know ...

Why they’re hard: Phrasal verbs often have meanings that can’t be guessed from their parts and follow irregular grammar patterns, making them challenging for non-native speakers. What to teach: Corpus ...

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Here, the phrasal verb keeps on means continues. It has the same meaning as keeps but is slightly stronger. Other phrasal verbs that extend the meaning of the main verb are hurry up and sit down. Many ...

I have a friend who uses “hark back” a lot in conversation. She harks back to past news events. She harks back to old times. She harks back to something I told her last month or last year. My first ...