In this lesson, you'll have a chance to
learn and use eight common phrasal verbs. Now, what's special about this lesson and
what's going to make it a little bit easier for you to learn these verbs is that we're
going to look at the regular verb first, and then we're going to look at how it changes
when it becomes a phrasal verb, okay? So,
what is a phrasal verb anyway? So, basically, it's a regular verb, but we
add something to it, usually a preposition or sometimes an adverb, and when
we do that, it changes the meaning. And that's what can make it a little bit more
challenging to learn, but not in this lesson because we're going to go through them very
carefully and step by step so you'll know exactly what the regular verb means, which
you probably already know, and then what the new phrasal verb means, okay? So, let's get started. So, we have eight of them here. Let's go through
them one by one. So, the regular verb,
"look", alright? I'm sure you know the
meaning of this verb. What does it mean? To look at something? To see it, right? To view it. So, right now,
I'm looking in this direction. You're looking at me, okay? But what happens when we made it - when we
add "out" and make it into a phrasal verb? The verb "look out" is something
different from just "look". To look out is to be careful. If I say to someone, "Look out, the car
is coming", it means be careful, okay? Be aware, pay attention,
but mostly, be careful, okay? So, we could say, "Look out, the car is coming",
"Look out, the tree is falling", alright? So, "look out" is very often used by itself,
like just "look out", and when you hear that, you should know that you have to be careful of
something, but sometimes, it might be followed by "Look out, the car is coming" or
"The tree is falling" or whatever, okay? So, that's the basic way in which this phrasal
verb, "look out", is used, to mean be careful. Sometimes, it can also mean to look out for
someone, so for example, if you go to a concert and you're going to meet your friend there,
and you say, "Okay, I'll look out for you", means I'll pay attention to try to find you,
but the idea is still to pay attention, right? So, that's another meaning of "look out",
but very often, it's used in that other way as a kind of warning,
"Look out, be careful", okay? Alright. The next verb,
regular verb, is "stay". What does "stay" mean? Does "stay" mean to remain in one place,
okay? I could stay in my room,
I could stay in a hotel, alright? Stay in my office,
but what does it mean when we add "out"? What does the phrasal
verb "stay out" mean? It means to remain
out for a long time. Usually, we will use it like this,
"He stayed out late at night", okay? "He stayed out late",
or "She stayed out all night", okay? This is the normal way in which
we hear this phrasal verb being used. So, if we say, "She stayed out", it usually
means all night, or sometimes we'll add "late". "He stayed out", "We stayed out late
last night, so we're really tired", okay? So, that's "stay out",
which is different from just "stay". Alright. Here's another regular verb,
"point". What does it mean when I
point to something, like this? I can point to someone, I can point to something,
I could say to someone, "I want that one", okay? And then you use your finger and you point,
alright? That's what it - that's the
regular meaning of "point". But what does it mean
to point out something? To point out something means to
draw your attention to something. For example, let's suppose I'm checking somebody's
resume and I say to them, "I just want to point out that you have a few mistakes in
your resume, so make sure you correct them before you send them to apply for a job",
okay? Or, let's say right now, I'm pointing out
to you, I'm drawing your attention to the differences between the regular
verbs and the phrasal verbs, okay? So, that's to point out, to draw
someone's attention to something, alright? Next, "work". Now, we all know what it means to work,
right? To put your time and
effort into something. But this one, this phrasal verb, "work
out", means something completely different. It just - it means
actually to exercise. If you say, "I'm working out tonight", it
means I'm going to exercise, I'm going to the gym, or I'm going to do something to
work out with weights or whatever, okay? I'm going to work out, alright? So,
"work out" usually means exercise. It can also mean
to solve something. For example,
two plus two equals four. So, what did I do? I worked out the answer, okay? It means I solved the problem. I need to work it out. I'm not sure what to do. I need to work it out,
means I need to solve something. But very often, we'll hear it being used
as the first one, as I am exercising, okay? Alright. So, just to review those,
"look out" means be careful. He stayed out late
or stayed out all night. I want to point out that there's a
difference between this word and that word. And would you like to
work out with us tonight? We're going to the gym, okay? So, that means to exercise. Let's look at four more. So, the regular verb "wear". So,
to wear means to put something on. For example, your clothes, or your shoes, or
a hat, or your watch, or something, right? To wear something. But,
what does it mean to wear out something? Well, let's suppose I have some shoes that I
bought, and I love these shoes, I'm so comfortable in them,
I don't want to ever throw them away. But what happens after a while, if I keep
wearing those shoes for a few years, they're going to be worn out. So, when something is worn out,
you can't use it anymore. It's no longer usable,
it's no longer effective. It's worn out, it's old,
it's maybe torn, or whatever, okay? You can't use it,
it's not usable anymore. So, your shoes can get worn out, okay, or
let's say you have a favorite t-shirt and you love to wear it, and you wore it for years,
but after a while, it really gets worn out, okay? So, to wear out something
means to make it unusable. Now,
there is another meaning of "wear out". So, sometimes you can say, "I'm worn out today,
I'm so tired, I've been working since 5 o'clock in the morning with no break." So, worn out in this sense, when you apply
it to a person, it means really tired. Just like, in a way, your shoes are sort of
like tired, but we don't usually ascribe that to shoes. But you can say that a person feels worn out
means they're very, very exhausted and tired, okay? "I'm worn out" means I'm exhausted,
okay? So, that's to wear out,
which is quite different from just to wear. Next, the verb "to rule". We don't hear
this word too much. It's usually used to mean to govern a country
or a place or a people, and it's usually used to describe people
like kings or dictators. Not really so much a president or something,
but more like a king or a dictator rules over a particular country or people. But that is very different from the phrasal
verb, which we do use very often, which means to rule out. Now, rule out something, when you rule out
something, you eliminate the possibility, okay? So, for example, let's suppose there are three
universities that you could apply to, but you don't want to apply to C and you don't
want to apply to B, so you rule them out. You eliminate them from the possibilities,
okay? So, you could rule out certain possibilities,
or it could be universities, it could be certain jobs, it could be which city
you want to move to, okay? Which friends you want to have,
you rule them out. Or if you're going to hire someone, you have many
candidates, let's say you have five candidates, but you rule out some of them,
so you're left with just one candidate. You ruled out or eliminated
the other possibilities, okay? Similarly, on tests, right? If you have a multiple choice test and you
have three answers, or five answers, and you need to choose, sometimes you know the answer,
right, and then you just choose that one, but sometimes
you're not so sure. So, one technique that you can use when you're
doing a multiple choice test is to say, "Well, this is clearly not right. That's wrong for sure. So, this way, by eliminating certain answers
or ruling out certain answers, you zero in on what is likely to
be the right answer. So, again, you're ruling out, in this case,
the incorrect possibilities, okay? Got it? Good. Next, the regular verb "stand". What am I doing right now? I'm standing. You might be sitting as you're
watching this video, okay? Right? Stand. Alright? That's a regular verb, which you know,
but what does it mean to stand out? To stand out means
to be noticeable. For example, in an audience, imagine everyone
is sitting, but one person suddenly stands up, and that person is going to be much more
noticeable than everybody else who's sitting down, right? So, that person is not just standing, in this
case, that person stands out, because they are standing. Alright? So, you can imagine that, that a person who's
standing up in an audience of people who are sitting down is going to be more
noticeable, is going to stand out. Also, certain colors, okay,
are more - stand out more. Red and yellow, you know, they're bright colors,
are much - they stand out much more than black or blue, okay? So, that's another way to
see how something stands out. Alright. The last regular verb is "find",
okay? What does it mean
to find something? It's the opposite of
losing something. So, usually we use it in a negative way, for
example, "I can't find my keys" or "I can't find my cell phone. Have you seen it?" Right? So, that's the regular meaning of "find",
but what does it mean to find out? So, right now, for example, you are finding
out the meaning of these phrasal verbs. You are learning,
you are discovering, okay? That's what it
means to find out. I don't know the answer,
I'm going to find out the answer, okay? So, usually you're going to find out the meaning
of something, the answer to something, the solution to something,
or you could also find out information. Hey, I need to find out
when the next bus leaves. I need to find out what
time the train leaves. I need to find out what
time his flight arrives, okay? So, in that case,
you're finding out information. You could also find out a
secret that someone has, alright? So, let's look over those. To wear out something means to use it so that
it can't be used anymore, make it unusable. To rule out means to what? Eliminate the possibility. To stand out is to be noticeable, like one
person standing up in an audience of people who are sitting. And to find out means to learn or discover
the meaning of something or information about something, okay? So, I told you at the beginning that you would
learn and use these phrasal verbs by the end of the lesson. So, this is the second part where you're going
to use those phrasal verbs which we just learned, okay? Now, I'm going to go through
these together with you. There are eight sentences, and in each sentence,
there is one part where you could replace those words with a phrasal verb,
alright? So, what you might want to do, you can either
do it with me, step-by-step, or right now, I'm moving out of the way, if you like,
you can pause the video, alright? Go through them by yourself, take your time,
and each of these, in each of these, you have to replace what is
underlined with a phrasal verb. And I've written them for you here, of course,
the phrasal verb is going to be followed by "out". So, it would be "look out",
"point out", "wear out", etc., okay? So, if you want to pause it, pause now,
and if not, let's begin, okay? Alright. So, number one. Your red sports car
is very noticeable. So, which phrasal verb could
we use to express that idea? Your red sports car
really - it's very noticeable. It stands out, okay? This one here. Your red sports car stands out,
good. Number two. I exercise three times a week. Which phrasal verb
could you use there? I work out, okay? I work out three times a week. It means I exercise three times a week,
good. Number three. The teacher drew attention
to my pronunciation errors. To draw attention to,
which phrasal verb could you use? The teacher pointed out my
pronunciation errors, good. Are you with me? Yes. Number four. Be careful of the
ice on the road. Which phrasal verb could we
use to give that idea of "be careful"? Remember? This one. Look out - in this case, we have to change the
preposition if we're using it in a sentence. Look out for the ice on the road,
okay? Look out means be careful. Alright. Number five. I was exhausted
after the flight. Which one could we use? I was - remember, sometimes you have to
change the form of the verb a little bit. I was,
because it's in the past tense. I was worn out, okay? I was worn out. I was so tired. I was exhausted, remember? We said a person can be exhausted,
your shoes could be worn out, okay? So, you could be worn out or
your shoes could be worn out. That's a good
way to remember it. Okay. Number six. Did you learn what
time the bus leaves? We won't usually say "Did you learn",
we usually use this phrasal verb. Did you? Find out. Good. Did you find out what
time the bus leaves? Okay? Good. Number seven. I've decided against
living in a small town. That means I've ruled
out that possibility. Maybe other possibilities,
but I've ruled out that one, right? Rule out. I've ruled out living in a small town,
okay? Good. And number eight. He didn't come home all night. What's another way to
say that with a phrasal verb? He - he what? Good. He stayed out all night, okay? So, now, what you need to do to really master
these, I think you did a really good job here, especially if you got them right, and especially
if the right words were coming to you, but in order to really remember them,
we need to repeat, okay? The more practice you can do,
the better. So,
there are many ways to practice. One, go to our website at www.engvid.com,
and there you can do a quiz on these, okay? And that way, you'll have a chance
to reinforce what you've learned. Number two,
leave a comment below. Use one of these expressions, one of these
phrasal verbs that you weren't so sure of before, or more than one, and give me your
own example, give me your own sentence, okay? Apply it to something that's happening in
your life today, or something that applied to your life yesterday, okay? Use that, okay? And the third thing is keep learning more
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with other people, which is always a great thing to do, not only in writing,
but also while speaking. You can sort of, like, practice with your
friends, and it's a great way to really reinforce what you've learned,
and in a natural way, okay? You can challenge yourself,
you can make a game of it. Alright? So,
I wish you all the best with your English. Thanks very much for watching. Bye for now.
