Description: This comprehensive guide to phrasal verbs is designed to help learners of English improve their language skills and communicate more effectively. With over 100 commonly used phrasal verbs and their meanings explained in detail, this document is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their English language proficiency. Each phrasal verb is explained in detail, with examples of how it can be used in everyday conversation. The document also includes exercises and practice questions to help learners master the phrasal verbs.

1. Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and one or more particles (such as adverbs or
prepositions) that come after the verb. They change the meaning of the verb and often create a
new expression.
Phrasal verbs are commonly used in English, and it's important to learn them because they are
used in both informal and formal situations. Here is an example of a phrasal verb: "turn off." In
this case, "turn" is the verb, and "off" is the particle. Together, they create a new expression that
means to switch off or stop something from functioning. So, when you say "I'm going to turn off
the lights," you're using a phrasal verb.
Knowing phrasal verbs is important in OET listening exams because they are commonly used in
everyday English, including medical English, and can be a challenge for non-native speakers to
understand. Medical professionals who are not familiar with phrasal verbs may miss important
details in patient histories or instructions given by colleagues.
In OET listening exams, you will hear conversations between medical professionals or between a
medical professional and a patient. These conversations may include phrasal verbs, and if you
are not familiar with them, you may miss key information. Therefore, it is important to have a
good understanding of phrasal verbs to improve your comprehension of medical English and to
perform well in the listening component of the OET exam.
Knowing phrasal verbs is important in English language proficiency tests such as OET, IELTS,
PTE, and TOEFL because they are commonly used in everyday English, including medical

2. English, and can be a challenge for non-native speakers to understand. Medical professionals and
individuals who are not familiar with phrasal verbs may miss important details in patient
histories or instructions given by colleagues, or in general conversations.
In English language proficiency listening exams, you will hear conversations between
professional and a individuals . These conversations may include phrasal verbs, and if you are
not familiar with them, you may miss key information. Therefore, it is important to have a good
understanding of phrasal verbs to improve your comprehension of English and to perform well in
the listening component of the English language proficiency tests.
Here's a list of 100 commonly used phrasal verbs, with their meanings explained alongside:
 Account for - To explain or justify
 Add up - To make sense
 Ask out - To invite someone on a date
 Back up - To move in reverse or provide support
 Blow up - To explode or become angry
 Break down - To stop functioning or become emotional
 Bring up - To raise a topic in conversation or raise a child
 Brush up - To refresh one's knowledge or skills
 Burn out - To exhaust oneself or something
 Call back - To return a phone call
 Calm down - To become less agitated or agitate someone else less
 Carry on - To continue or conduct oneself in a particular way
 Catch up - To reach the same level or progress as others
 Check in - To register or report one's arrival
 Check out - To leave a place or investigate something
 Cheer up - To become happier or make someone else happier
 Clean up - To tidy or clean a place or situation
 Come across - To find or encounter by chance
 Come up with - To create or think of an idea or plan
 Count on - To rely on or trust someone or something
 Cut off - To disconnect or stop something abruptly
 Deal with - To handle or manage a situation or person
 Die out - To become extinct or disappear
 Do without - To manage without something or someone
 Dress up - To wear formal or fancy clothing

3.  Drop by - To visit briefly or informally
 Drop off - To leave someone or something somewhere or to fall asleep
 Eat out - To dine at a restaurant or eat away from home
 End up - To arrive at or result in a particular place or situation
 Fall apart - To disintegrate or break down completely
 Fall for - To be deceived or become infatuated with someone
 Figure out - To understand or solve a problem
 Fill in - To provide missing information or substitute for someone
 Find out - To discover or learn something
 Get along - To have a good relationship with someone
 Get away - To escape or take a break
 Get by - To manage with difficulty or minimum resources
 Get in - To enter or arrive at a place
 Get off - To leave a vehicle or escape punishment
 Get on - To board a vehicle or have a good relationship with someone
 Get over - To recover from something or move past it
 Get up - To rise from a lying or seated position
 Give away - To give something for free or reveal a secret
 Give in - To surrender or agree to a demand
 Give up - To quit or surrender or abandon a pursuit
 Go ahead - To proceed or give permission
 Go away - To leave or disappear
 Go out - To leave home or to date someone
 Grow up - To mature or develop into an adult
 Hang out - To spend time together informally
 Hang up - To end a phone call or suspend something on a hook
 Hold on - To wait or grasp tightly
 Hold up - To delay or rob someone
 Keep on - To continue doing something
 Keep up - To maintain pace or stay informed
 Knock down - To demolish or hit someone or something with a vehicle
 Lay off - To dismiss someone from a job or stop doing something
 Look after - To take care of or supervise someone or something
 Look forward to - To anticipate or be excited about something in the future
 Look up - To search for information or improve in quality or status
 Make up - To invent or reconcile with someone
 Mix up - To confuse or combine things incorrectly
 Move in - To begin living in a new place or move closer to someone

4.  Move out - To leave a place or vacate a residence
 Pass out - To faint or distribute something
 Pass up - To decline or miss an opportunity
 Pay back - To repay or revenge
 Pick out - To choose or select something
 Pick up - To collect or improve or learn something quickly
 Point out - To highlight or indicate something
 Put away - To store or clean up something or to institutionalize someone
 Put off - To postpone or delay
 Put up - To provide accommodations or endure something
 Put up with - To tolerate or endure something
 Run into - To meet someone unexpectedly or collide with something
 Run out of - To exhaust or use up all of something
 Set up - To establish or arrange something
 Show off - To display oneself or one's abilities to others
 Shut down - To close a business or stop a machine
 Sit down - To take a seat or have a meeting
 Speak up - To talk more loudly or assertively
 Stand out - To be noticeable or distinguished from others
 Stand up - To rise from a seated position or keep a promise
 Take after - To resemble or inherit traits from someone
 Take off - To leave or become successful
 Take on - To assume responsibility or a challenge
 Take out - To remove or go on a date or get food from a restaurant
 Talk over - To discuss thoroughly or persuade someone
 Throw away - To discard or waste something
 Tie up - To secure or occupy someone or something
 Try on - To test or experiment with clothing
 Turn down - To reject or decrease in volume or intensity
 Turn in - To submit or retire for the night
 Turn into - To transform or become something else
 Turn off - To switch off or become uninterested
 Turn on - To switch on or become interested or excited
 Turn up - To arrive or increase in volume or intensity
 Wake up - To emerge from sleep or become aware of something
 Work out - To exercise or resolve a problem or plan.
 Figure out (understand or solve a problem)
I hope that helps!