30 Phrasal Verbs and Example Sentences

30 Phrasal Verbs and Example Sentences

Check into

Enter a hospital etc…

We need to check into the hotel at 11:00 AM.

 

Check off

Make a mark next to

Check each name off the list.

 

Check out

Look at

Check out that cute car!

 

Check over

Closely examine the condition of something

She checked over the old house to see if it was worth buying.

 

Ask after

Meaning: to ask for information about someone

Example Sentences;

• Tell your mother I was asking after her.
• Did she ask after me in her letter?

 

Ask out

Meaning: to invite someone to come with you to a place

Example Sentences;

• You should ask her out sometime.
• My brother asked us out for dinner to celebrate the success of his new venture.

 

Ask back

Meaning: To invite someone to return to a place

Example Sentences;

• I’ve been asked back to the college.
• I hoped he wouldn’t ask me back.

 

Ask over

Meaning: Invite them to come from their house to your house

Example Sentences;

• She asked me over to her home.
• I asked his over so we could talk about what was on his mind.

 

Get along

Meaning: to make people understand something.

Example Sentences;

• I can’t get along with the neighbors any more.
• They seemed to be getting along fine.

 

Get around

Meaning: to travel to different places

Example Sentences;

• I will get around from town to town.
• We had to use public transport to get around.

 

Get through

Meaning: to be connected by phone

Example Sentences;

• She got through to wrong department.
• Look, I can’t get through to this number.

Get ahead

Meaning: to be successful in the work

Example Sentences;

• I will get ahead at work with this project.
• He wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead.

 

Read for

To study for something

They are in the library reading for their exams next week.

 

Read off

read some information that is printed or displayed on something

The nurse read off patient’s temperature from the thermometer.

 

Read up on

to spend time reading in order to find out information about something

She have been reading up on the World War 2.

Read back

read some information back

Could you read back my son’s letter to me?

 

Read over

read something quickly from the beginning to the end

Hirers should read over the contract before signing it.

 

Read off

read some information that is printed or displayed on something

The nurse read off patient’s temperature from the thermometer.

Read over

read through or practise something quickly

He ran over his notes before going the home.

 

Read off

Read aloud from a list

I read the number off the cargo.

 

Carry on with

Continue

I want you to carry on with the work while I am out of country.

 

Carry on

Continue

Carry on. I didn’t mean to interrupt you.

 

Carry on about

Continue in an annoying way

She kept carrying on about how much money she makes.

 

Carry off

Succeed, win

He carried off the first prize in the tennis tournament.

 

Carry over

Continue past a certain point

The meeting carried over into lunch time.

 

Carry out

Perform a task

I would like to carry out the plan.

 

Carry on

Behave badly

My son annoyed me by carrying on all day.

 

Read over

read through or practise something quickly

He ran over his notes before going the home.

 

Read off

Read aloud from a list

I read the number off the cargo.

 

Read back

read some information back

Could you read back my son’s letter to me?

 

Read over

read something quickly from the beginning to the end

Hirers should read over the contract before signing it.

 

Read off

read some information that is printed or displayed on something

The nurse read off patient’s temperature from the thermometer.

 

Read for

To study for something

They are in the library reading for their exams next week.

 

Read off

read some information that is printed or displayed on something

The nurse read off patient’s temperature from the thermometer.

 

Run over

read through or practise something quickly

He ran over his notes before going the home.

 

Run after

to chase someone or something

I wish my cat wouldn’t run after trucks.

 

Run against

To opposite

Luck is really running against you this day.

 

Run by

tell someone about something

I would like to run some ideas by you about my home.

 

Run down

lose power or stop working

Battery of remote control device has run down.

 

Run in

Arrest

Criminals have been run in.

 

Run on

Continue without interruption

I hope this lesson doesn’t run on too long.

 

Come about

Meaning: occur / happen

Example Sentences; How did you idea for the new movie come about.

 

Come back

Meaning: return

Example Sentence: What time are you coming back?

 

Come along

Meaning: accompany someone

Example Sentence: If you want, they can come along.

 

Come away

Meaning: leave a place with a particular feeling or impression

Example Sentence: I had to come away from the party early.

 

Come across

Meaning: discover by accident

Example Sentence: I came across a car I’d never seen before.