Aprenda Inglês: Frases Verbais

Nossa aula de hoje é sobre Phrasal Verbs (frases verbais). Você já ouviu falar delas antes?

Uma Phrasal Verb é uma combinação de verbo e preposição, verbo e advérbio ou verbo com ambos: advérbio e preposição.

Uma Phrasal Verb tem um significado diferente do verbo inicial. Isso é o que as torna divertidas, mas confusas. Por favor, continue lendo para saber mais sobre elas!

Phrasal verbs are usually used informally in everyday speech. Most people will say “to put off” instead of “to postpone”, or “to get out” instead of “to exit”.

Let's get started!

• First, read the questions below and try to guess the meanings of the phrasal verbs that appear in red.
• Then, if you can't guess their meanings, check the table with their meanings.
• Finally, record yourself answering the questions below using vocaroo.

1) Tell me about a time you tried something out that didn’t work. What happened? Why didn’t it work?

2) What things do you shop around for? Do you usually shop around for the things you buy?

3) Who do you count on most? How would you describe this person? How does he/she help you?

4) Is there anything you are trying to cut back on right now? What is it? 

5) Have you ever had to do something over because you did it incorrectly the first time? What was it?

6) Tell us about a time you had to give in to someone’s demands or requests. Why did you give in?

7) What things do you normally go over with your boss? How often do you go over these things?

8) When is your next vacation? Where are you going to go? What are you going to do? Are you looking forward to it? Is there anything else that you are looking forward to right now?

9) What type of things do you put off doing? Why do you put these things off?

10) Have you ever bought something online that you had to send back? What was wrong with the product?

11) Have you ever turned down a job offer or a promotion? What was it? Why did you turn it down?

12) Have you ever used up your vacation days very early in the year? Why? Do you usually use up your vacation days right away, or do you save them? Why?

13) Who do you look up to at work? How would you describe this person/these people? 

14) What is something you have to look out for in your life? Tell us about it.

15) Tell us about a time someone let you down (either professionally or personally). What happened? Tell us about a time you let someone down. What happened?

16) Have you ever found out something surprising about a friend? What was it? What are people surprised to find out about you?

Meanings

PHRASAL VERB	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
to count on	to rely on	We have a great team. I can count on everyone to do their best.
to cut back on	to consume less	It's a tough economy. We're trying to cut back on unnecessary expenses.
to do (something) over	to do again	I can't believe I closed the document without saving. Now I'm going to have to do the whole thing over.
to find out	to gain knowledge about something	I finally found out how to forward my mail from one email account to another.
to give in	to reluctantly stop fighting or arguing	Management didn't want to give in to the union's demands, but in the end they didn't have a choice.
to go over	to review	I want to go over last month's numbers with you.
to let (someone) down	to disappoint; to not help or support	I was really depending on him to expedite the shipping on that order. The products are still in the warehouse. He really let me down.
to look forward to	to be excited about something in the future	I'm really looking forward to having an extended weekend next week.
to look out for	to be careful, vigilant, and take notice	You must always look out for new business opportunities.
to look up to	to have a lot of respect for someone	I really look up to her. She has been with the company for a long time and is really knowledgeable.
to put (something) off	to postpone	I haven't done my taxes yet. I've been putting it off for a long time.
to send (something) back	to return	The product was defective. We'll have to send it back.
to shop around	to compare prices	We should bid low on this one. They always shop around.
to try (something) out	to test or use something experimentally	We're going to try it out for a few weeks and let you know what we think. If we like it, we'll place an order.
to use (something) up	to finish the supply	I can't believe it's only May and I've used up all my sick days already.
to turn (something) down	1) to decrease the volume or strength of something (volume, heat, etc) 2) reject an offer	1) Could you turn your music down so I can take this call? 2) They turned down our proposal.

Sources of inspiration:

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbphrasaltext.html