Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal ...

You already know how to eat, but do you know how to eat out, eat up, or eat into? In this English lesson, we explore ten common phrasal verbs using the word “eat” - most of which have nothing to do ...

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 ...

From time to time, I get called on to referee grammar disputes. For example, I was recently asked to settle an argument about whether you should write “I’m not into sports” or “I’m not in to sports.” ...

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...

A phrasal verb is a verb that is combined with a preposition (e.g. in, on, with) or an adverbial particle (e.g. up, out, off) The preposition or adverbial particle extend the meaning of the verb to ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...