How Do English Phrasal Verbs Work? Rules, Examples and Common Mistakes - Music Fluency MC – S01E16

What’s a particle, and why can changing one small word completely change the meaning of a phrasal verb?Gav and Em work through phrasal verbs from beginner to advanced English, with examples from their lessons and plenty of chances to test yourself. They explain separable and inseparable phrasal verbs, why “pick me up” works but “pick up me” doesn’t, and what a transitive phrasal verb needs to make sense.They also explore everyday expressions such as “chicken out”, “conk out” and “wind down”, before tackling mistakes learners make with “throw away” and “throw up”, “pick” and “pick up”, and “grow” and “grow up”. You’ll hear why phrasal verbs can sound more natural in conversation than their formal alternatives, even when the rules get tricky.To finish, teacher and musician Jason Levine, better known as Fluency MC, performs “GO”, a rap packed with expressions using “go”.Find more practical teaching ideas and resources at https://howtoenglishpod.com. If you find the show useful, you can send us a thanks at https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodFluency MC: https://fluencymc.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/fluencymc/videosLinks: https://linktr.ee/fluency_mcInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fluency_mc/Chapters00:00 Welcome and phrasal verbs in conversation01:24 What is a phrasal verb and what is a particle?03:02 Common phrasal verbs and confusing opposites06:00 Informal phrasal verbs and formal alternatives09:11 Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs12:19 Transitive phrasal verbs and objects14:59 Phrasal-prepositional verbs16:07 Unusual phrasal verbs: chicken out, conk out and more23:21 Common mistakes: throw up, throw away, pick and pick up26:37 Fill in, grow up and expressions with care30:28 Introducing Fluency MC and “GO”31:06 Jason Levine introduces the song