Why You Shouldn't Just Read Phrasal Expressions to Study

you are practicing to understand them by reading.  But you are not going to read them.  

You are going to hear them.   

Of course, you will read some of them (like pick up, which I just used above), but most of these expressions are used in spoken English.  The expressions you  need to study are the ones that move.  the ones that appear in spoken English.  Where you don't have time to think and find them in a dictionary.

What can you do?  Practice hearing them.  Of course you should read them to learn the meanings in the first place.  

Then put the books away.  And listen.

(Check the front page of this site for ideas on how to practice listening)

Most of the pages on thsi site have stories and many have stories with phrasal verbs used to help you hear them and practice listening to them.    This page is the first in the phrasal verbs section.  Use it to start to practice listening to phrasal expressions today.

One of my students said to me, ""This is great practice.  I want to practice listening to stories in every class!"  Now, you can hear these stories without coming to my classroom.  

(**But if you come to my classroom, you can get the premium practicing experience.**)

Jim is living an easy life. He takes turns with his brothers going on hunts and managing the family business. He likes to hunt. In fact, he wants to hunt until he wears out his shoes. Then he'ill throw them away, get new ones, and hunt some more. There is only one problem: his brothers think he is lazy and spoiled. In fact, they want to get rid of him. He has to be careful everytime he goes hunting.