Listen to a new episode of Speak English Now Podcast, your favorite material for practicing your spoken and heard English. You will also learn about lifestyle and culture, language, vocabulary, and how to improve your English more effectively.
Transcript:
Hello, everybody! I am Georgiana founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help you to speak English fluently.
In this episode:
- I‘ll be discussing some more about some of the most common phrasal verbs.
- After that, you’ll be able to practice your grammar skills with an interesting Point of View lesson.
Ok, let’s continue with the phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb is just a verb and a particle. For example, “get in.” If you haven’t checked out the first episode about phrasal verbs, please do it.
Remember, you only need to learn the most frequently used phrasal verbs. Also, instead of learning all the different meanings of each phrasal verb, simply learn one or two common meanings.
Ok, let’s get started! Today, we’ll play a bit with “get.”
Do you have friends? Then, you’ll probably use this phrasal verb. It means to like each other. For example:
I’m surprised how well I get along with my mother-in-law.
The older and younger members get along well.
I get along very well with foreign people.
You can also use “get on” instead of “get along.” It’s exactly the same meaning. For example:
I’m surprised how well I get on with my mother-in-law.
The older and younger members get on well.
I get on very well with foreign people.
Go back / Come back / Get back
Sometimes these phrasal verbs are confusing for the English students. First, let’s see the difference between ‘go’ and ‘come.’ An example:
Please, Jim, come here. I need to talk to you.
Please, Jim, go to the supermarket to buy some food.
As you can see, when Jim approaches you, he “comes.” When Jim doesn’t approach you and goes somewhere else, he “goes.”
Now let’s add the word ‘back’:
Jim, come back from the supermarket. I’ve just ordered a pizza.
In this first example, Jim is at the supermarket and returns to where he was before. Another example:
Tomorrow, Jim will have to go back to the supermarket to buy more food.
In the second example, Jim goes to the supermarket again. He went the day before.
As you can see, adding the word ‘back’ emphasizes the idea that you go again to a place or you come again from a place.
So, how about “get back“? It has virtually the same meaning. Here’s not so important if you go or if you come. It sounds a bit more informal.
We didn’t get back from the movies until midnight.
Call me when you get back.
I visited my uncle in France two years ago, and I can’t wait to get back!
(END OF THE EXTRACT).
Get the FULL TEXT in PDFÂ here.
Resources:
- Audio mp3 (right-click to save the audio)
- FULL TEXTÂ PDFÂ (right-click to save the TEXT)
Recommended Material:
Can you understand a conversation in English but still can’t speak? With the Fluency course, you will speak English automatically.
THE FLUENCY COURSE
Thank you for your lovely work and your very kind assistance. I am a Greek learner of english. Your methods gradually improove my expression’s flow. I have picked your podcast channel after listening to many similar ones. The sense I got, after listening to yours, is that you love what you do, and Ι have been attracted by that. I wish your project is profitable because it worths it. Your voice is cute and full of positive energy!
It’s amazing how powerful these kinda audio lessons are… I reckon Georgina’s Method is one of the best additionally, every episode is short, around 15 minutes, it’s not required so much time for checking it out and take advantage of the worthwhile knowledge. Even you can listen to it while driving to the office, coocking, jogging, running errands and whatever you are doing…. I’ve invited all my friend for joining it and begin learning English with this amazing tool and an excellent teacher like Georgina… Let’s go, give it a shoot!
Hi, Antonio! I’m glad you enjoy listening to my podcast. And thanks for inviting your friends to my website.