A FOLLOWER of my Facebook page for Jose Carillo’s English Forum, Maria Fernandez, told me in a post a few weeks ago that she finds phrasal verbs deceiving: “I get confused trying to distinguish them ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Enter or enter into — A few days ago, a reader said that President Pranab Mukherjee, while addressing the gathering at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has used ...

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 ...

Do you know how to use ask for, ask about, or ask out correctly? In this video, Claire breaks down seven of the most common phrasal verbs with ask that English learners use every day. You’ll learn ...

In Learners' Questions in Session 4, Dan looks at phrasal verbs with the word pop. Here's a guide to phrasal verbs. Multi-word verbs / Phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3 & 4 ...

Here are some phrasal verbs with the word ‘around’. Let's learn how to you can use them in everyday English. To ‘fly around’ is to do something quickly. I didn’t have much time, so I flew around the ...

A good number of phrasal verbs include the preposition, ‘with’. Such are done with, get away with and bear with. Apart from the fact that they have fixed, meanings they should not be indiscriminately ...