Learn 15 common phrasal verbs in spoken English. Native English speakers use phrasal verbs frequently in their conversations. As an English teacher, I strongly recommend learning common phrasal verbs to speak English like a native. Here, I brought together 15 super common phrasal verbs used by natives in spoken English.
1. Turn on
Meaning:
To start the operation of an electronic
Sentence:
I turned on the T.V
Let me turn on my phone
Please turn on the heater; I am feeling cold.
2. Turn off
Meaning:
To stop the operation of an electronic
Sentence:
I turned off the T.V
Let me turn off my phone
Please turn off the heater; I am feeling hot.
3. Switch on
Meaning:
To start the operation of an electronic by a switch/button
Sentence:
Switch on the light/lamp.
Please switch on the heater; I am feeling cold.
4. Switch off
Meaning:
To stop the operation of an electronic by a switch/button
Sentence:
Switch off the light/lamp.
Please switch off the heater; I am feeling hot..
5. Turn up
Meaning:
To increase the sound or speed
Sentence:
Turn up the volume; I love this song.
Kindly turn up the fan; it is hot today.
6. Turn down
Meaning:
To decrease the sound or speed
Sentence:
Turn down the volume.
Kindly turn down the fan; I am feeling cold.
7. Stress out
Meaning:
To make someone stressed
Sentence:
I have exams next week, and it is stressing me out.
Facing your father is stressing me out.
Don’t stress out; you can do it.
8. Run into
Meaning:
To meet accidently
Sentence:
A: Guess who I ran into in the market?
B: Who?
A: Sarah!
9. Come up with
Meaning:
To think of something to say
Sentence:
1. You always come up with lame excuses.
2. Don’t give me pieces of advice; come up with a solution.
3. Come on guys! come up with an answer.
10. Run out of
Meaning:
Be finished
Sentence:
I am running out of money/time/ideas.
11. Bring up
Meaning:
To raise a matter or a discussion
Sentence:
1. You should not have brought up her divorce.
2. What is the point of bringing up the past?
12. Take up
Meaning:
To start doing an activity
Sentence:
I am thinking of taking up yoga classes.
13. Stand out
Meaning:
To be noticeable, important or impressive
Sentence:
Yellow color stands in the dark.
In this tournament, our team stands out.
14. Head out
Meaning:
To leave or depart
Sentence:
We are heading out to the beach.
He headed out of the room in anger.
15. Hang out
Meaning:
To spend a lot of time with someone
A place where one spends a lot of time
Sentence:
My friends and I are planning to hang out this weekend.
This restaurant is my favorite hangout.
