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The Verb
Phrase:
What You
Should Know About Them
Should
you study verb phrases to learn English better?
Yes and No.
Yes,
you should study then to gain an awareness of English.
But no, you
don't need to study them.
Why not study
them?
Well, our brains learn grammar by doing better than by studying.
We
remember and use grammar via something called procedural memory.
And
we add to procedural memory by doing. That means instead of
studying
grammar, we should do it: say it, read it, repeat it, shadow it, over
and over again. This is the fastest way to become a better
speaker and
listener.
Why Study
Them?
Why
study them? To gain an awareness of the language you are
learning. If
you know what verb phrases are, then you know if they are easy or
difficult for you. If they are difficult, then you should
study them
as mentioned above; find sample sentences with your weak points and say
them, read them, shadow them over and over again.
What are they?
Verb phrases are phrases that have:
1. a main verb
2. helping verbs or
3. verbal particles.
English
listening World Phrasal verbs section can help you study phrasal verbs,
which are one kind of verb phrase. They have the verb (#1
above) and
the verbal particle (#2 above).
You can find more detailed grammatical information about verb phrases
at this
site (warning:
this site is difficult
and technical; simply memorizing the English like I
suggest is much easier).
I
recommend you study the verb phrases in each story by reading and
listening to the story, then by shadowing the story, and finally
memorizing the story. This should take one to two weeks per
story.
Then move on to the next story.
Here are some more ways to study these expressions. One way
you
can
do right now is:
- write down the verbs (below): try to guess the
meanings.
- look at the meanings and write them down.
- listen to the story.
- Guess the meaning of the story.
- write the story in your own words.
Don't let a single phrasal verb stop you from understanding English.
You
can conquer these verbs if you listen again and again.
Highway Garden
Verb
list
1. Turn down:
to reject or refuse something such as an
offer or application
2. Save up:
accumulate
(money); collect or store something for future use
3. Figure out:
to find a solution or explanation for
something
4. Get over:
to
overcome or cope with a difficulty
5. Let down:
to disappoint somebody
by not meeting expectations
You
can get your own copy of this recording in mp3 format here - (at no charge).
Just right click here.
  
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