Vocabulary

Practice phrasal verbs or confusing words in English. Choose a vocabulary topic below to read about and then practice. Note that where CEFR levels are suggested below it is approximate - the suggested level is really the minimum needed.

Phrasal verbs by topic

• Daily routines (set off ...) - B1+
• Relationships (go out with ...) B1+
• Illness (come down with ...) B2+
• Sleep (drop off ...) B1+
• Speaking (point out ...) B2+
• Crime (break into ...) C1+

Phrasal verbs flashcards

The phrasal verbs flashcards and questions below are adapted from the The PHaVE List: A pedagogical list of phrasal verbs and their most frequent meaning senses by Garnier, M. & Schmitt, N. (2014) which was published in Language Teaching Research, 19(6).

• Phrasal verbs with literal and idiomatic meanings
• Phrasal verbs with up / down
• Phrasal verbs with on / off
• Phrasal verbs with in / out
• Phrasal verbs with back
• Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs

Confusing words

• Lend or borrow?
• Say or tell?
• After, afterwards or after that?
• See, look or watch?
• Come or go?
• Raise or rise?
• Hard or hardly?
• Remember or remind?
• Especially or specially?
• 'On time' or 'in time'?
• Although, despite or in spite of?
• Be/get used to or used to?

If you want to see how any of these words are pronounced or used in real life, I would really recommend using Youglish. It's a website which gives you examples of your chosen vocabulary from different YouTube videos. You just enter the word you want to see/hear and it will show you lots of clips of YouTube videos, highlighting the vocabulary, with subtitles. Keep clicking on the ►|  button to hear more examples.