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B1 Phrasal verbs 1-30

This is the first of our three B1 grammar lessons, where you will learn the most common intermediate phrasal verbs. All the verbs in these three lessons come from the vocabulary list used for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET). In each of these three lessons, you will find 30 phrasal verbs, making up a total of 90 (out of the 94 that you can see in the Cambridge Preliminary vocabulary list).

B1 Phrasal verbs 1-10

• BE OVER: If something is over, it has finished.
• BREAK DOWN: If a car or a machine breaks down, it stops working.
• BREAK IN: In someone breaks in or breaks into a building, they enter a building by force, usually in order to steal something
• BREAK UP: When a person breaks up with another person, or if two people break up, they end their romantic relationship or marriage.
• BRING UP: When a person brings up a child, they look after and influence this child until they are grown up
• CALL FOR: If you call for someone, you go to the place where they are so that you can both go somewhere.
• CARRY ON: If you carry on (doing something), you continue doing something.
• CARRY OUT: If you carry out a task, instruction, etc., you do it or act according to the plan in order to do it.
• CHECK OUT: When you check out of a hotel or guest house, you leave the place after paying and returning your room key
• COME ON: This expression is used to tell someone to hurry or to encourage someone to do something

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 11-20

• CROSS OUT: If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, usually because they are wrong.
• CUT UP: If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
• DEAL WITH: When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and you often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
• DEPEND ON: If something depends on something else, it is determined, affected or decided by that thing.
• DEPEND ON: If a person depends on another person, the first person needs the support or help of the other person to exist or be OK.
• END UP: If you end up in a particular place or situation, it means that after a series of events, you unexpectedly find yourself in that place or situation.
• FILL IN: If you fill in a document or form, you write the necessary information in its spaces.
• FILL UP: If you fill up a container or your car tank, it becomes full.
• FIND OUT: If you find something out, you learn or discover something you didn’t know.
• GET ALONG: If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship. You can also say that two people get along.
• GET BACK: If you get back (to a place, situation or activity), you return to that place, situation or activity.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 21-30

• GET DOWN: If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground. Also, if you get something down, you write something.
• GET IN: If you get in, you enter a place, especially when it’s difficult.
• GET OFF: When you get off (a bus, a train, etc.), you descend from that vehicle.
• GET ON: If you get on with something, you start doing it or continue doing it.
• GET ON: If you say how someone is getting on (with a job or in a situation), you are talking about how well they are doing.
• GET RID OF: If you get rid of something or someone, you get free from this thing or person so that you don’t have to deal with them anymore.
• GIVE BACK: If you give something back or give someone back something, you return it to the person who gave it to you.
• GIVE IN: If you give in a piece of work or something you have written, you give it or hand it to a person of authority, such as your boss, your teacher, etc.
• GIVE IN: If you give in, you surrender or abandon a fight, argument, etc.
• GIVE OUT: If you give out something, you give something to each person in a group.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 31-60

This is the second of our three B1 grammar lessons, where you will learn the most common intermediate phrasal verbs. All the verbs in these three lessons come from the vocabulary list used for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET). In each of these three lessons, you will find 30 phrasal verbs, making up a total of 90 (out of the 94 that you can see in the Cambridge Preliminary vocabulary list).
 

B1 Phrasal verbs 31-40

• GIVE UP: If you give up something, you stop doing it or taking it: “I’m going to give up smoking.”
• GIVE WAY: If you give way to a vehicle, you allow it to go past before you move.
• GO FOR: If you go for something, you try to have or achieve something.
• GO OFF: If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working. Also, if an alarm goes off, it starts to make a loud noise, and if a bomb goes off, it explodes.
• GO ON: If something goes on, it continues to happen or exist. Also, if something is going on, it is happening: “I don’t know what is going on.”
• GO OUT: If you go out, you leave your home to do something fun, such as going to a bar, a party, etc. Also, if you go out with someone, you have a romantic or sexual relationship.
• GO WITH: If one thing goes with another, they look or taste good together: “This wine goes well with this cheese.”
• GO TOGETHER: If two things go together, they look good together.
• GROW UP: When someone grows up, they change from being a child into being an adult.
• HAND IN: If you hand in an exam, homework, a document, or something that you have found, you give it to a teacher, police officer, or another person in authority.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 41-50

• HAND OUT: If you hand things out to a group of people, you give one or more to each person in a group.
• HANG OUT: If you hang out in a place or you hang out with someone, you spend a lot of time in that place or with those people.
• HANG UP: If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call.
• HOLD UP: To hold up someone or something means to delay them or make them late.
• KEEP IN: If you keep someone in (a place), you make them stay in that place.
• KEEP ON: If you keep on doing something, you continue doing it.
• KEEP UP: If you keep up something, you continue to do it.
• KNOCK DOWN: If a person is knocked down by a vehicle or a driver, they are hit by this vehicle and fall to the ground, and are often injured or killed. Also, to knock someone down means to hit a person so that this person falls down.
• LIE DOWN: When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.
• LOOK AFTER: If you look after someone or something, you take care of them and try to keep them healthy or in good condition.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 51-60

• LOOK FOR: If you look for something, you try to get something that you want or need.
• LOOK FORWARD TO: If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen and feel excited about it.
• LOOK OUT: If you say or shout “look out!” to someone, you are warning them that they are in danger.
• LOOK UP: If you look up a particular piece of information, you try to find it by looking in a book or on a list, or by using a computer.
• PASS ON: If you pass something on (to someone), you give something to someone, especially something that someone else has given you.
• PICK UP: When you pick up someone or something that is waiting, you go to the place where they are and take them somewhere, usually in your car.
• PUT AWAY: If you put something away, you put it into the place or container where it is normally kept.
• PUT DOWN: If you put something down, especially your name, on a list or piece of paper, you write it down.
• PUT OFF: If you put off something or doing something, you arrange to do it at a later time.
• PUT ON: If you put on weight, you become fatter. Also, if you put on clothes, glasses or make-up, you place them on your body to wear them.

B1 Phrasal verbs 61-90

This is the third of our three B1 grammar lessons, where you will learn the most common intermediate phrasal verbs. All the verbs in these three lessons come from the vocabulary list used for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET). In each of these three lessons, you will find 30 phrasal verbs, making up a total of 90 (out of the 94 that you can see in the Cambridge Preliminary vocabulary list).

B1 Phrasal verbs 61-70

• PUT OUT: If you put out a fire, cigarette, etc., you make it stop burning.
• PUT THROUGH: If you put through a call or the person calling, you connect them with the person they want to speak to.
• PUT UP: If you put up the price of something, you increase its price.
• RING BACK: If you ring someone back, you return a previous call they made to you.
• RING UP: If you ring up (someone), you phone them.
• RUN OUT: If you run out of something, you have no more of it left because you have used it all.
• SET OFF: When you set off, you start a journey.
• SET OUT: If you set out to do or achieve something, you start an activity with a particular aim.
• SET UP: If you set up a business, organisation, etc., you start it.
• SHOW UP: If someone shows up, they arrive somewhere to join other people.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 71-80

• SIT DOWN: The verbs sit down and sit mean the same.
• SPLIT UP: If two people split up, or if someone splits up with someone else, they end their relationship.
• STAY BEHIND: If you stay behind, you remain in a place after everyone else has left.
• TAKE OFF: If you take off a piece of clothing, you remove it.
• TAKE OFF: When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying
• TAKE UP: If you take up an activity or a subject, you start doing it as a job, habit or interest.
• THROW AWAY: If you throw away something, you get rid of it, for example, by putting it in a trash container.
• TIDY UP: When you tidy up a place, you put things back in their right places so that everything is neat.
• TRY ON: If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on to see if it fits and you like it.
• TURN DOWN: If you turn down the level or volume of something, you decrease it.

 

B1 Phrasal verbs 81-90

• TURN INTO: If someone or something turns into someone or something else, they change and become this other thing/person; or if you turn someone or something into someone or something else, you make them change.
• TURN OFF: When you turn off a piece of equipment, you make it stop working, usually by pressing a button.
• TURN ON: When you turn on a piece of equipment, you make it start working, usually by pressing a button.
• TURN UP: If you turn up the level or volume of something, you increase it.
• WAKE (UP): When you wake (up) or when someone or something wakes you (up), you become conscious after sleeping.
• WASH UP: When you wash up, you clean part of your body with soap and water, especially your hands and face. Also, if you wash up, you wash the things you have used for cooking and eating a meal, such as glasses, plates, pans, etc.
• WEAR OUT: If something wears out or if you wear something out, it is used so much that it can no longer be used.
• WORK OUT: When you work out, you do physical exercises to be fit and strong2.
• WRAP UP: If you wrap something up, you cover it by putting something like paper or cloth around it.
• WRITE DOWN: When you write something down, you write it on a piece of paper using a pen or pencil.