Practice Linking Words and American T using 10 Common Phrasal Verbs with Get

hey guys this is the clear English corner and I'm Keenan your personal American English pronunciation coach in this lesson we're going to talk about ten common phrasal verbs that have the word and get but this is not your typical phrasal verb lesson we're definitely going to talk about the most common meanings for these phrasal verbs but this lesson has a focus of course on pronunciation we're going to talk about the stress or emphasis pattern that all phrasal verbs follow phrasal verbs also give us a unique opportunity to practice linking and finally with the word get since it ends in T we have a lot of opportunities today to practice those flap teas and held teas so hopefully this is going to be an awesomely helpful lesson for you so before we dive in I want to make sure that we're on the same page about phrasal verbs what is a phrasal verb in a phrasal verb two words come together we have a verb and then usually a preposition or sometimes an adverb and when the two words come together they have a completely different meaning than the original verb when it stands alone so for example if I have the word look that's our base verb if I add the preposition up look up has a very different meaning than just the word look so look up is a phrasal verb there are thousands of phrasal verbs in English and native speakers use them all the time in everyday conversational English there's usually a fancier more formal synonym for a phrasal verb but a native speaker will go to the phrasal verb almost every time so if you want to sound more natural and native in your spoken English you want to start to notice all the phrasal verbs that are being said around you and try to integrate those into your own vocabulary okay so first we want to talk about this stress or emphasis pattern for phrasal verbs you're always going to want your emphasis to fall on the second word in a phrasal verb so for example take this phrase get away get away my emphasis falls on the word away that's the second word in the phrase get away now in order to emphasize the word away remember we want to find this syllable within that word that's the primary stressed syllable then we're going to identify the vowel sound at the core of that syllable and we're going to stretch it so in the word away the emphasis is on the second syllable away on the vowel sound a a away get away now this is super important because if you shift the stress to the first word in the phrase and say get away get away you actually change the meaning of the word combination get away is a phrasal verb that means to leave whereas get away is a noun that means the same thing as a vacation it was an amazing getaway it was an amazing vacation I need to get away I need to leave there's a lot of word combinations where a shift in emphasis like this changes the meaning of the two words together so just make sure you're checking out how the words are being used if it's a verb or an action it's a phrasal verb an emphasis always falls on the second word alright let's go back to our phrase getaway we've already talked about how emphasis falls on the word away specifically the vowel sound a in the second syllable I want you to also notice that the T at the end of get turns into a flap T because that T is coming between two vowel sounds get away get away that flap T also links over in front of the word away when we have a word that ends in a consonant sound and the next word starts with a vowel that consonant sound is going to link over it's going to jump right in front of the next word listen close get away get away do you hear it so get away can mean to leave usually kind of escaping may be a stressful or busy situation I need to get away from the office we're going to get away for the weekend get away get away awesome try this one get over get over all right our emphasis is on the second word over first syllable the O vowel sound over get over again that final T turns into a flap T between two vowel sounds and links over in front of that o sound in the word over get over get over when we get over something we're usually recovering from something or continuing on after a difficult situation it was really hard to get over that break up I just got over a cold got over becomes got over to hear it got over you really need to get over it alright here's another one get in get in get in our emphasis again is on that second word in on the vowel sound it get in we have that flap t linking over in front of the word in get in get in when we talk about getting in we're usually talking about entering or arriving we can't get in without a key they both got into st. Louis around 8 o'clock get through get through for this one emphasis on the word through and the ooh vowel sound through and here at the end of get we have a held T that T is not released so listen get through instead of get through I'm not releasing that T with an air puff get through now the tongue comes up for the T at the end of get then I'm letting it slide forward under the tongue for the th get through get through if you need more help with this I have a whole video on that tip to help you that you can get to by clicking here so when we're talking about getting through something we're usually talking about finishing or completing something that was difficult I can't seem to get through this book I just need to get through this week alright next get up get up emphasis on the word up and the a vowel sound get up we are again got a flap T they're linking over in front of the word up get up get it up when we say get up we're usually talking about getting out of bed I get up at 6:00 a.m. I like to get up early get together get together emphasis on the word together on that second syllable and the vowel sound together get together now this one's interesting we have a word ending in T and a word that starts with T get together so when this happens that T is held and released into the next word okay listen close get together get together not get together get tongue goes up and it stays on the alveolar Ridge behind the top front teeth get together and then I'm releasing it into the word together get together when we talk about getting together we're talking about meaning most of the time when can you get together let's get together next week get ahead get ahead emphasis again on that second word ahead on the second syllable and the egg Val sound ahead ahead get ahead we again have a flap T linking over in front of the word ahead get ahead get ahead when we talk about getting ahead we're usually trying to be successful or talking about being successful she works really hard to get ahead you have to take risks if you want to get ahead out get out emphasis on the second word out and the vowel sound ow get out again we have a flap T linking over in front of the word out get out you may hear this phrase used to sometimes asking someone to leave usually angrily you better get out it can also just mean to leave we need to get out of the house what time do you get out of class get out can also mean to become public or known oh we don't want that to get out get on get on again emphasis on the second word on and the vowel sound on that final T becomes a flap T and links over in front of the word on get on get on get on can mean to board something you can get on a plane or get on a bus it can also mean to make progress or proceed with something can we get on with the meeting get on can also mean to scold or reprimand like if you're a parent like me you might get on to your kids I already got on to you about that cut it out and last one for today get down get down emphasis again on the second word down and that ow Wow sound get down that T at the end of get is again a held T and since the next word starts with it D we're releasing right into the D because T and D are articulated at the same place we've got our tongue up behind the teeth at the ridge or the alveolar Ridge for both of those sounds so you don't want to release the T you don't want get down the tongue goes up forget down straight into the D for down get down get down can literally mean to climb down from something hey get down from there it can also mean to feel sad don't get down about it so there you have it a pronunciation lesson using ten common phrasal verbs with the word get I hope you found the lesson helpful if you did please be sure to leave a thumbs up and share with your friends also let me know in the comments would you like to see more lessons like this one as always thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you next time

Channel: Clear English Corner with Keenyn Rhodes

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Length: 13min 37sec (817 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 09 2018