revision of all phrasal verbs

hobbies

100

any mistakes?

I started to grow on painting.

Painting started to grow on me

200

make a sentence with pick up to talk about hobbies

• She’s picking up French by watching movies and listening to songs in the language.
• After moving to the countryside, I began to pick up gardening techniques from my neighbors.
• He’s picking up coding on his own through online tutorials.

300

Fill in the gaps:

1) Before the interview, I need to ______ up on my knowledge of the company’s history.

2) I had to give _____ junk food to improve my health.

brush; up

400

paraphrase:

-to learn some basic cooking recipes 

-to relax after a long day

- to start playing hockey

- to pick up some basic cooking recipes

- to wind down after a long day 

- to take up playing hockey

500

tell us about your hobby using 5 phrasal verbs

_{(you might wanna say 'записаться на, бросить что-то, начать заниматься, вспомнить что-то, начало мне нравится и тд)}

I took up chess a few years ago and quickly picked up the basics. It really grew on me, so I signed up for an online tournament to improve. I think I will stick with it because I live for the challenge.

work

100

how can we interrupt someone on a call?

Can I jump in here for a sec?

Can I come in here for a sec?

Can I chime in here for a sec?

200

make sentences with:

tied up, take on

• She was tied up with meetings all day and couldn’t take on any additional tasks.

300

paraphrase with 5 phrasal verbs:

Sorry guys, we don't have a lot of time now. Plus, some of us need to go to other meetings, so let's finish for today and then schedule a new meeting to continue the discussion on sales figures. I believe we need to investigate it in more detail.

we're running out of time;

hop off for other meetings, jump off for other meetings

wrap up for today

set up a new meeting

look into it in more detail

400

translate into english:

1. переспать с мыслью
2. задачи накапливаются в кучу
3. доделать все задачи после отпуска

1. To sleep on it/this thought
2. Tasks are piling up
3. To catch up on/with all tasks after the vacation

500

tell us about your work using 5 phrasal verbs

_{(you might wanna say 'занят, придумать идею, донимать вопросами, взвесить за и против, согласовать с менеджером и тд)}

At work, my tasks keep piling up faster than I can handle. I always try to think up a plan to stay on top of everything, but I am still tied up these days. I wish I had fewer meetings and people didn't bombard me with stupid questions. Anyway, despite the busy schedule, I still try to squeeze in lunch when I can.

random

100

find mistakes:

1. He plans to sign in for the coding workshop next month.
2. We should weight up the pros and cons before investing in the project.

sign up for ; weigh up

200

What do you do before making a big decision? 

_{( переспать с мыслью, взвесить за и против и тд)}

I sleep on it

I weigh up the pros and cons

I run it by my family

I plan ahead

I think ahead

I think it over/through

300

what prepositions mean the following:

1) increasing, improving

2) reducing, decreasing

3) completing, ending

1) UP (brush up on, pile up)

2) DOWN (wind down, calm down) 

3) UP (give up, wrap up)

400

name 5 phrasal verbs we can use with the word 'IDEA'

1) come up with an idea, think up an idea - придумать идею

2) bombard with ideas - забросать идеями

3) think over/through the idea - продумать

4) sleep on the idea - переспать с мыслью

5) run the idea by my manager - согласовать с менеджером идею

500

name 5 phrases with phrasal verbs people can use at online meetings

let's kick off the meeting

you're breaking off

he got cut off

let's put off the meeting

let's move on to the next point

Thank you for bringing up this point

etc