Vocabulary: Essential Phrasal Verbs

Vocabulary B1/B2

Essential Phrasal Verbs

The exhaustive master guide to phrasal verbs! Select the tabs below to switch between Daily Routine, Work, Relationships, and Travel.

Separable vs. Inseparable 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain the biggest trap for English learners! Remember: You can say "Turn the light on" OR "Turn it on". You CANNOT say "Turn on it". Watch to learn why!

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Definition Match

If you decide to "put off" a meeting, what are you doing?

(ប្រសិនបើអ្នក "put off" ការប្រជុំ តើអ្នកកំពុងធ្វើអ្វី?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Context Fill

When the plane is leaving the ground, we say it is taking ___.

(នៅពេលយន្តហោះហោះឡើង តើយើងប្រើធ្នាក់មួយណា?)

GRAMMAR TRAP ❌

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

(តើប្រយោគមួយណាត្រឹមត្រូវតាមវេយ្យាករណ៍?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Meaning Match

If you say "I am looking forward to it", you mean...

(តើឃ្លានេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

Vocab Check ⚡

ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡

Routine Action

After dinner, I always ___ the kitchen.

(តើកិរិយាសព្ទមួយណាមានន័យថា សម្អាត?)

Daily Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Describe Your Morning ☕ Write down three phrasal verbs you use every morning (e.g., wake up, get up, put on). Read the sentence out loud!

Travel Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Plan a Trip ✈️ Write two sentences about a future trip. Use the phrasal verbs "set off" and "check in".

Social Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Voice Note 🎤 Send a voice message to an English-speaking friend (or record it for yourself) saying: "I am looking forward to catching up with you!"

Ask a Question 🙋‍♂️

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Vireak 2 hours ago

Teacher, why do we say "get on" the bus but "get in" the car?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Vireak! The rule of thumb is: if you can stand up and walk inside the vehicle (bus, train, plane), we use "get ON". If you have to bend down and sit immediately (car, taxi), we use "get IN"! 🚌🚗

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Nita 5 hours ago

Can I say both "Take off your shoes" and "Take your shoes off"?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Yes, absolutely! "Take off" is a separable phrasal verb, so both ways are completely correct. However, if you use a pronoun like "them", it MUST go in the middle: "Take them off". You cannot say "Take off them". 👟

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Sokha 8 hours ago

What does "Drop out" mean?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

"Drop out" means to quit a class, school, or program before you have finished it. For example, "He dropped out of university to start a business." 🎓