This is an all year English podcast, Episode 1511, Test Your Phrasal Verb Knowledge with today's trivia game.

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It's quiz time in this series that we have learned a bunch of new phrasal verbs based on the situation, and now it's your chance to listen to some fun trivia and quiz yourself to up level your natural English.

Hey, Aubrey, I'm excited to be back here together on the podcast to talk about phrasal verbs. Yes, I lindsy it's been such a fun series.

I've really enjoyed it. I'm glad it's over.

I know what we have to finish it off, you know, tie it up with a bow for our listeners here with a nice little quiz day today. This is so fun. We've never done this before on the show, Aubrey.

Yes, I love it. You know that I'm a huge game player. Anyone who listens to me over on the Eilts energy episode knows that I'm always talking about games. And Jessica and I have done some fun games that can help you study for Eilts.

Right. If you haven't checked that out, guys, go to English dotcom slash Eilts to see our podcast or subscribe wherever you get your podcast, Eilts Energy.

There's a little plug for me and Jessica.

Yeah, fantastic. Would you ever want to be on a game show, like run a game show?

Yeah, I tried to get on prices right with my husband. We, like, stood in line for hours. I would be so fun, but we didn't get called up and I would love to run a game show. I think that would be so fun. I love that show.

Guys, you have to know we have a big gamer in the house and she calls herself I love that you are really into games. I'm not a huge games person. But today, this game, these games look like a lot of fun. So let's get into it. We're going to be really fun because we are quizzing you guys about all of the phrasal verbs we've taught in this week's episode series. But we're doing them with three different games. So we'll explain the game and how we're playing.

And we want you guys to play at home as well to test your knowledge of these phrasal verbs and see if you need to study a little more or if you've got them.

Yeah, this is a really fun way, like an intermediate step to see how well you know them before you go out into the world, guys, and start to use them. OK, so let's dive into it.

So we're going to go in order, starting with the first episode in the series. Fourteen eighty nine. This one was about travel phrasal verbs. Yes. And we taught six travel phrasal verbs.

I'm going to describe them to you.

Lindsy and you have to guess the verb. We're playing this game like a game show called Twenty Thousand Dollar Pyramid. Have you ever watched that game show? It's.

Oh yeah. Yeah. That used to be on the TV when I was, you know, like seven, eight, nine years old. I remember when it was on. Yeah, it's a fun one. I like it.

So I'm just going to describe it and. And you shout out the phrasal verb. Ready. OK, yes. Yes.

This is what you do with your luggage when you arrive at an airport.

OK, that's definitely drop off.

Yes, exactly right. Drop off your luggage. Good.

OK, and this is what you do when you need to grab some food while traveling. Oh, grab it. Grab it. Could it be picked. Pick up. Yeah. Pick up.

Pick up some food. Maybe take it on the plane with you. Good. Good night. Yes. And this is what you do when you first arrive at a hotel.

Let's not check out it's check in. It's got to be exactly right. Checkout's when you leave check ins when you arrive. Good. OK, ok. And you do this when you have directions or flight details that you need to remember.

Oh jeez. I mean I would say right it but to make it a phrasal verb I would say write it down. Is that right. Exactly. Yeah. Write down. Write it down. Yep.

And this is what you do when it's time to board the plane may not pick up, not pick over, maybe get on that plane.

Right. Get on the plane. Yep. OK, last one. This is when the plane leaves.

OK, it's got to be take off. Everyone knows that was exactly right. Plane takes off. Nice job. You got them all.

That was a good warm up round I would say a good one but you did great. OK, let's see how I do. For the second part in the series we top phrasal verbs for education in fourteen ninety two. So OK, describe those phrasal verbs and I will guess perfect.

So guys remember, get back into your mindset of the situation which is education. Remember through this series we taught you to think about the situation. So thinking about education, schools, universities. Here we go. Are you ready. Oprey ready. OK, so this is when you want to really research or study something thoroughly.

What is it. Read up on your read up. You got something as read up on three pieces to that. You got it. Great. So this is when you're in a class and the teacher gives you something.

What was that hand out like that hand out an assignment you gotta hand out.

Yeah, that's that verb. Exactly. And next one, Obree. This is when you are very interested in learning something.

Oh, I would say I'm into it. So be into. Yeah, that's a harder one.

I hope your listeners got that one because that is a very negative one.

We use it all the time, so definitely practice that one you guys. Absolutely. Here we go. Aubury next one.

This is when you want to start a new activity like a sport or a hobby, for example, take like take up.

I would take up a hobby. Yeah. Not take over, not take on but take up. You got it. You got it. And this means checking something carefully.

Look over. Check over.

Oh no not look over. Not no go over. We don't go over there. So phrasal verbs that have similar meanings. Right.

But it's so simple. The one we saw was go over. Go over.

You got it. OK, and this is when you have to submit work that you have done in a. Class turn in or hand in? Oh, yes, you got it, both of them, actually. That's right. Similarly exact same thing. Yeah.

And I want to go back real quick for our listeners guys as a review for that last one, checking something carefully. What are the other ones that you said, Aubrey, that could have worked?

Also, did I say check over, take over? And you said, look, look over?

That's right. Because they all you can use all of them. Right. Go over, look over, check over there. So many phrasal verbs with similar meanings. Yeah. So guys, if if those phrasal verbs came to your mind before go over, those also would pretty much work in that situation too. So it's not always just one answer. Right. That's a cool thing. Yeah, exactly. All right.

I wonder how you guys are doing at home. I hope that you're able to think of these right away and get them and could use them in a sentence. If not, definitely go back and review these episodes and practice using them so that you're confident using them in your next conversation in one of these situations for sure.

And guys, also, you can always, you know, as you can go back, listen again and hit stop as we're trying to come up with the answers and you can come up with the answers yourself. Actually, I encourage you guys to do that because you want to actually force yourself to think of them. Right, exactly.

OK, guys, these next two episodes reviewing them, we're going to switch it up a little bit. I'm going to give you, Lindsey, an example sentence that is missing. It's phrasal verb.

And can you tell us which verb is missing? And these sentences come from the role plays we did.

So that might help a little bit.

OK, remember the role played? OK, first, we had a third part of the series, which was episode 14 95 about problems. So, OK, imagine you're having a problem.

OK, I'm getting into my problem mindset that I'm ready. OK, here's the sentence.

I've blank a problem with a neighbor. Oh it's not come in two is not encounter that.

I've had it run up. Run up with it. It gets run up against is exactly right.

Run up against a problem. Yeah. You made a good point.

There's a lot of things we could say. Right about that phrasal verb run up against is a very native natural one to say you've run into a problem, you've run up against a problem and run into that.

Also, what have that would work to be able?

OK, here's a second one. I'm blank. Whether I should talk to them about it. Oh my gosh.

I would say struggling with or what did we do when we do that day about problems.

It was a wrestling with, dealing with, wrestling with, struggling with. Right.

Very, very similar to imagine someone like wrestling with an issue. Yeah.

Same as struggling with those both definitely work dealing with. Sorry I say that again. I said dealing with two.

I think you said dealing with.

Yes, I remember that day guys thinking back to that episode we talked about the physical nature of it. Right. It feels like something that's kind of overwhelming. You're really struggling almost physically with it, wrestling with it. I love that guy. All right. Here's your next one.

That would be frustrating, but I'm sure you will. Well, I would say something like maybe work it out. Do we do work it?

I don't remember if we learn that one, work it out, just figure it out and figure it out, but work it out would work, too, right. I'm sure you'll work it out.

That's a native way to say that, too. Yeah.

Lots of options here, guys. But thinking back to what we've learned, you know, as a group here, OK, yeah, we'll figure it out.

OK, I wonder if they're just not blank, how it's affecting their neighbors, maybe like planning out or thinking out or could that be is that a thinking out?

Then we learn that very close to thinking through the same meaning as thinking out.

But yeah, I will say, oh, I don't know if they're thinking that, that through. Oh my gosh.

So tricky for our listeners thinking out and thinking through. I mean both would work the scenario, right.

Definitely. Right. It's good to know the different options. You don't want to be repetitive saying the same thing over and over.

So it's good to know I love that these other native phrasal verbs are coming out that you guys can also use. Definitely.

Yeah, that is really good. That's really good. OK, last one.

It's definitely something you need to blink if it's keeping you awake. Oh, how about workout.

Do we do workout. You need to workout in your all. Deal with come up with no, not come up with, sort out. How about that? Yeah, exactly. I thought when we talked in the episode sought out but yes, so many options. I know.

I guess come up with would not have worked that wouldn't have made any sense.

The deal with you to figure out would also work has a very similar meeting as sort out something you need to sort out if it's keeping you awake. Exactly.

I love it. OK, now we're going to turn the tables over here and let's go into episode fourteen ninety eight. Guys, if you remember that one, go back and listen if you haven't. But we were talking about telephone conversations, right. Exactly.

Yeah. So do the same for me. Just take a sentence out of the roleplay and leave out the phrasal verb and I'll try to fill it in.

OK, here we go. So I'm surprised you blanked the phone.

Usually I get your voicemail so I know it means answered the phrase over would be picked up. I'm surprised you picked up the phone, right? Exactly.

Answered you got it. So here we go. Here's the next one. Can I say blank? Is that OK? Yeah, that is that work. OK, blank. My doctor is on the line with results I'm expecting.

Hold on or hang on. Hang on. But hold on. Also would have worked right.

They both. Right. Hold on or hang on. I got to, I think, I think in that episode we might have said that. Hang on. It's a little more casual. It's a little more friendly.

What do you think? Yeah, I think so too. For sure. Yeah. OK, here's number three.

I'm going through a tunnel so I'll blank. If we get blank, call you back.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then there's another part of it.

Oh yeah. There, there's another blank. So you read the sentence again.

I'm going through a tunnel so I'll blank if we get blank. Oh I'll call you back. If we get so disconnected. Cut off if we get cut off.

Yes exactly. So it's interesting. So you've got the verb and then you're kind of translating that into a phrasal verb in your head. But native speakers, we generally just kind of come up with that phrase over most of the time.

Exactly right. We wouldn't usually say disconnected. I'm like, OK, the meaning of the sentence is disconnected. But if I were just speaking with a friend, I would for sure say cut off or we might get connected is way too formal for a friend for sure.

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All right, here we go, number four, I can't hear you, you're blank breaking up. Yes. Are you going to break it up? I also might have thought, like, fading out could have worked, but.

Yeah, totally. You're fading out. Yeah, I'll be back later.

Exactly. So there's static there, right? You can't hear the person. OK, last one. Sorry. Just blink if you can't hear me and we can talk later. Hang up. Just hang up about it. Hear me.

I was thinking I know we should go a bell. Yeah I know how to present. Nice job. OK, we have two more and we're going to play this like one of my favorite games, taboo, where you have to describe the phrase over. But there are specific words that we can't say.

So I've already provided to Lindsay the words that she can't say. So you'll describe it. Avoid those words and we'll see. OK, I can guess it.

Should we tell our listeners what we're. Oh yeah. I can't say. Right. Yeah, maybe. Or what do you think is that. No, maybe not. Yeah I think so.

I don't know the words you're avoiding. I think that would be kind of fun. OK, so guys, the words that I cannot say are effort and energy.

Oh, and really quick, I don't know if we mentioned this is from episode fifteen. Oh, why don't we talk phrasal verbs about work. So these will all be phrasal verbs from that episode.

OK, so I have to think really hard to make sure I don't say those words. And this is such a cool exercise for our listeners that they could try on their own force vocabulary.

So cool.

OK, OK, so this is a scenario that happened when someone is just not trying very hard and you're disappointed in them because they maybe they're being a little lazy, they're not getting their work done, they're just not doing what they're supposed to be doing. And it's just it's like they're being slow.

You're not slacking off. They're stuck at it. Yeah, slack off. I was just imagining someone, like, slumped back in their chair at the office with their feet up. I love it.

You're very descriptive. They're slow and lazy. Yeah.

So, guys, again, remember, slack off, which means again, just not to get your work done. Basically being lazy, lazy is less effort than you should be putting in.

Exactly.

OK, the next one. So the words I can't say or idea or opinion. Mm. OK, so this is when Aubrey I have some thoughts and I'm going to, I'm going to come by, I'm going to come over to you and I want to discuss, I want to, I want to let you know about them and I want to see what you think about Amy run by.

Yes. Yes exactly. Let's do the rest of them.

Don't share the words. You can't say because I find myself thinking of those were like, oh, I know the words, she's OK.

So I'm really you know those words. Right. OK, don't say those. And just. All right, here we go.

All right.

So basically, this is the situation where I need I need a substitute and there's an empty place and someone needs to kind of step in and take that place. There's a gap in life to fill in for some. Yes, you got it.

Exactly. Exactly. Fill in for was the force. Yes. OK, all right. Are you ready for the next one? I am. OK, so this is hard. OK, so this is when basically kind of someone will accept additional tasks beyond what they're supposed to be doing, the normal things that they're supposed to be doing.

And so that person will blank. I don't know if I'm supposed to do that with this game.

It works. You can definitely do that.

These jobs, these small jobs, they'll blank small jobs, additional jobs, take over, take over or take almost almost take on.

You got it. Yes.

OK, good job. Nice, good job. Oh is this hard. It is kind of hard.

I'm probably not doing them. No, you're doing a great job. All right. Here we go. Here we go. All right.

So basically this happens when you just you just do way too much work. And you are you're so you are just dead. You're dead to the world.

You have your home. Total energy. Yes. You got it right.

You burn out. That's a good job. Good job. All right.

The last one. And then we'll switch the tables here. This is when someone is going to retain the they're going to be in the driver's seat, OK? And that person is going to blank. Blank. They're going to be in the driver's seat. They're going to be in charge, basically. For example, if your parents are in a restaurant after they retire, they hope you will be the one to take over. Yes, OK, that makes sense, right?

You're going to be the one in charge. What couldn't you say on that one? I'm curious, I. Couldn't say control or responsibility. Oh, that makes sense because it would be easier like this is when you're taking, you know, taking control and responsibility for something, you're a little bit limited there.

OK, let's do the last one. This was Episode 15, 05 about money. So I'll describe the verbs for you. Avoiding the taboo words.

I can't say. All right, are you ready? I'm ready.

OK, OK.

This is when you need to keep finances because something's coming up that is going to be expensive.

So you need to build up, build those bone up, like when you put cash in a piggy bank.

What are you doing? Save up. Yes, that's exactly right. Well, I couldn't say spend or money that made it really hard. Good job. It is hard.

Here's the next one.

This is when also funds when like monthly, you're keeping funds for something specific, OK, is like a withdrawal, maybe set aside or set similar.

Set down.

Put aside how. That's exactly right. And that's a good point. That set aside has the same meaning. We set aside money regularly or put aside money monthly.

I love how these other examples are coming out, all these other ones that would work. You know, this is and some of these verbs.

Right. It's kind of the extension off of this episode is that you guys are going to know now that, you know, these there are other ones that mean the same thing. So good.

Right. OK, here's another one.

This is if you are paying money for something and you feel like it's too much, it's overpriced.

It is what you are paying. Oh, it's a rip off. It's a yes, exactly. You're being ripped off. Yeah.

To be right. OK, so if it's a verb we're saying to be ripped off. I totally used it as the noun to get you to say I like it is very tricky. Here's something again right here. Yeah.

OK, so this is like if you went to a university that was very expensive and you owe a lot of money, you have to do this pay down maybe something like pay down or pay it off.

Yes, exactly right. Pay down would mean to pay some of it and get it lower to get to pay the entirety of your loan would be pay off. Yeah.

Oh, and that's just such a subtle difference. Guys, I hope you write down that subtle difference right there. I'm not sure if we talked about pay down. No, I orthopod when we did that one. Just listen. It would be pay down. Exactly. Because I couldn't say payment or loan. Oh my God.

Why do you live in an expensive university? OK, here's the next one.

When someone loans you some cash and you want to give it to them, like return it, you do that maybe.

Could it be like give back. Give back or. But the payback. Yes, exactly.

I was going to say that would be more for like an item. This is for cash just because I pay. Right. Exactly. Exactly. OK, last one.

OK, and this is usually for a large amount of money that you don't want to pay.

You have to do this.

Oh, I'm up Kabulov. I like that one. It is a God that's not so simple.

Like a spoon and a knife and fork.

Good one. Good one. Right over.

Fork out. Yep. We talk both of those fork out and fork over. But that was a good a good one that you came up with. What was that. Cough out. Cough up cough. Cough up. We use very similarly.

Yeah. I remember when we talked about that, it was like I said that I say cough up you said for overcover or freakouts.

Yeah.

It's very geographical depending on what your parents used. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Fantastic.

Well I can see your gaming skills here.

Aubury, you did a great job. Lindsy. Yeah that was fun. So that's the end of our game for today. I mean, what do we want to leave our listeners with to come away with from this entire series?

I think, you know, these quizzes like they gave you a really good idea of how well you internalized these phrasal verbs.

And, you know, if you've had a chance to practice them and use them in conversation, you probably were able to come up with them just like we did. But if not, they may still likely be really unfamiliar.

And you might not feel comfortable using them in conversations, though, you know, learning about them in the series is just the first step.

Right? Lindsy totally.

Totally. I would go back guys, you know, go back and quiz yourself on this, even stop it and see if you can remember them again. So sometimes that's a way of helping the recall to get them to come back into your head very quickly. And also, if you if you have mastered these, if these are easy for you, then take the extensions that came out of today's episode, these synonyms. Right. The ones where we said, oh, that one could mean that two and study those and then you're really deepening your phrasal verb vocab.

Yes. And then just next to. You're in one of those situations if you're traveling or taking a class or talking out a problem with a friend. Be sure to use them right. Open your brainbox, access this knowledge so that you can use these phrasal verbs in a very native natural way. Love it.

The brainbox comes out again. I love it. This is great. Well, thank you for doing this series with Azara. This has been great. So we're going to have you back on the show soon for another series. But guys, if you want to check out Obree over at Illes Energy podcast, Nieve, you're taking ILT any time this year. They should go over there and subscribe, right?

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All right. Sounds good. Thanks for hanging out today. I'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Lisa. Later. Bye bye.

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