The grammar of phrasal verbs
Here‘s a good explanation of the grammar of phrasal verbs. Learn phrasal verbs properly!
But remember there is no quick and easy way to learn them. It is a question of practice and USAGE!
Then, try to understand the logic of each particle: meaning associated to “up” “down” “off”… and then group phrasal verbs around topics (media, relatioships, doctors, etc). For instance, listen to these audios (I stumbled upon this great great site on phrasal verbs, kudos to phrasalverbdemon.com!) and try to group all verbs+particles you hear around several different topics.
Check out also the other posts I have published on phrasal verbs.
I wish I knew how…
A lot of theory/grammar on wish and all that. But see it in practice here:
(Have I ever told you how much I love Nina Simone?)
(and watch her answering here: what’s free to me?)
I also like this cover by Lighthouse Family, notice how different the lyrics are, if at all:
I hope your wish comes true (wish vs hope)
…and you pass the FCE with flying colors.
In the meantime, check out the difference bw wish and hope here (ppt).
Think of more weird hobbies
Take a look at the following list of hobbies…Weird, right? Actually, not all of them…but anyway, as you can see there are some “empty” categories: could you share here some hobbies for those ones?
Plus, do you think that hobbies can be stereotyped?
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Objective: First Certificate (FCE) 