B1 – Phrasal Verbs
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B1 Phrasal Verb conversation questions.
Base on – Have you ever seen a film or a series that was based on real life?
Break up – Do you know of any celebrity couples who have broken up ?
Break into – Do you know
Bring up: criar
Is Spain a good place to bring up children ?
Carry on: continuar
Let’s carry on with the lesson after a short break. To get to the city centre carry on on this road.
Come across: encontrarse con algo
What’s the most money you’ve ever come across in the street?
Come back: volver
Have you ever come back home from a party early ?
Come out: salir, publicarse en algún sitio, aparecer
I’m so excited! The Fast and the furious 27 is coming out very soon!
Deal with: lidiar con algo
How would you deal with difficult customers, if you worked in Burger King ?
Depend on: depender de algo
On what does passing your B1 exam depend?
Dress up: vestirse elegante, disfrazarse
What did you dress up as at Carnival this year?
End up: terminar (finalmente, tras un proceso)
Where do you think you will end up living when you’re older?
Fill in: rellenar, completar
When you fill in the form, please write legibly in blue ink.
Find out: descubrir, averiguar, enterarse de algo
What would you do if you found out your best friend stole some money from you ?
Fit in: adaptarse, encajar
What can someone do to fit in at a new school ?
Get along with: llevarse bien, congeniar
Who don’t you get along with?
Get on/ get off: subir/bajarse de un transporte.
Have you ever got on the wrong train or got off at the wrong stop ?
Get together: juntarse
My family get together once a month, we are very close.
Get rid of: librarse de algo
How do you get rid of headlice?
Give up: rendirse
You are doing amazing! Don’t give up!
Go on: continuar, seguir
Life goes on.
Go back: regresar
Is there a place that you don’t want to go back to ?
Grow up: crecer
Is Ávila a good place to grow up ?
Hold on: esperar
Hold on a minute, I have to check something.
Hurry up: darse prisa
We’re going to be late if you don’t Hurry up!
Keep on: continuar
He kept on singing even though the audience wasn’t paying attention.
Let down: decepcionar
My sister went to university because she didn’t want to let our parents down.
Look back: mirar atrás, recordar
Every time i look back upon those years at school, I can’t help but feeling so nostalgic.
Look forward to: esperar algo con ganas
Who are you looking forward to seeing ?
Look out: tener cuidado, mirar hacia fuera
If you
Pick up: recoger a alguienFind out who is getting picked up after class and who is picking them up .
Put on: ponerse ropa
What clothes do you put on if you are going for a walk in the countryside?
Put off: aplazar
Have you put off because of bad weather
Run out of: quedarse sin algo
If you run out of milk, what do you do ?
Split up: dividir, separarse
Workers were split up into teams for the project.
Turn on/ off: encender/ apagar
What’s the first thing you turn on when you get home from school and what’s the last thing you turn off when you go to sleep ?
Turn out: resultar
It turned out that the girl sitting next to me was a friend of my brother.
Watch out: tener cuidado
Watch out for zombies! Make a sentence uisng “watch out !”
get away with – escape without consequences
put off – postpone
throw away – put in the bin
Check in –
Check out –
Find out – discubrir
Get rid of – Tirar
Give back – If you return something
Give up – to stop doing something.
Give something up
Grow up – to
Look after – to care for
How old do you have to be in Spain to look after younger siblings ?
Stay up – Are Spanish teenagers allowed to stay up later than kids in other countries?
To hang up – to finish a phone conversation.
To hand out – to distribute
Wash up – lavar los platos
Find out if your partner does the washing up at home.
Activity: create a set of flash cards