Understanding phrasal verbs - fall off, fall down, fall over

hi there welcome to learn English with an Englishman my name is Ian Middleton and I am an Englishman in this lesson I am going to show you the difference between the phrasal verbs fall off fall down and fall over you okay so unlike a lot of phrasal verbs in the English language there is actually some logic to these three now starting with fall off in order to fall off something we have to be on it yeah and when you fall off it you have to drop literally off onto the ground so for example I am sitting on this monument and of course if I'm not careful I can well what's that over there sorry I fell off I fell off the monument you now fall down oh if I'm gonna fall down something and I have to first go up here so oh here's a hill I'm just gonna go for a walk up the hill to this monument thanks I'm going sorry I fell down the hill you fall over in order to fall over something then it has to be below me so that I can literally fall over it so I could be out walking one day the beautiful scenery up I'm sorry I fell over this backpack we'll put the backpack there you okay yeah you may often hear English people say when they literally just tripped and fell oh I fell over well in this case she kind of fell over your own feet you see you see if I'm walking along and I'm really clumsy I could just oh yeah sorry I chipped and fell over you now as a bonus the phrasal verb fall in well again you have to fall in something and in order to fall in something you have to be out of it so if you watch this video the surfer he he's doing two things he's gonna fall off his surfboard because he's on his surfboard but because he's out of the water he's going to fall in the water see you now you didn't think I was gonna do that one myself did you so there you have it three examples of fall off fall down and fall over hope you've enjoyed this and please like and subscribe and watch out for my next video you

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Length: 5min 57sec (357 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 25 2020