 B1 Phrasal verbs 1-30

This is the first of our three B1 grammar lessons, where you will learn the most
common intermediate phrasal verbs. All the verbs in these three lessons come
from the vocabulary list used for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET).
In each of these three lessons, you will find 30 phrasal verbs, making up a total of
90 (out of the 94 that you can see in the Cambridge Preliminary vocabulary list).

B1 Phrasal verbs 1-10

o BE OVER: If something is over, it has finished.
o
o BREAK DOWN: If a car or a machine breaks down, it stops
working.
o
o BREAK IN: In someone breaks in or breaks into a building, they
enter a building by force, usually in order to steal something
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o BREAK UP: When a person breaks up with another person, or if
two people break up, they end their romantic relationship or
marriage.
o
o BRING UP: When a person brings up a child, they look after and
influence this child until they are grown up
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o CALL FOR: If you call for someone, you go to the place where
they are so that you can both go somewhere.
o
o CARRY ON: If you carry on (doing something), you continue
doing something.
o
o CARRY OUT: If you carry out a task, instruction, etc., you do it or
act according to the plan in order to do it.
o
o CHECK OUT: When you check out of a hotel or guest house, you
leave the place after paying and returning your room key
o
o COME ON: This expression is used to tell someone to hurry or to
encourage someone to do something

B1 Phrasal verbs 11-20

o CROSS OUT: If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through
them, usually because they are wrong.
o
o CUT UP: If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
o
o DEAL WITH: When you deal with something or someone that needs
attention, you give your attention to them, and you often solve a
problem or make a decision concerning them.
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o DEPEND ON: If something depends on something else, it is determined,
affected or decided by that thing.
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o DEPEND ON: If a person depends on another person, the first person
needs the support or help of the other person to exist or be OK.
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o END UP: If you end up in a particular place or situation, it means that
after a series of events, you unexpectedly find yourself in that place or
situation.
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o FILL IN: If you fill in a document or form, you write the necessary
information in its spaces.
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o FILL UP: If you fill up a container or your car tank, it becomes full.
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o FIND OUT: If you find something out, you learn or discover something
you didn’t know.
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o GET ALONG: If you get along with someone, you have a friendly
relationship. You can also say that two people get along.
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o GET BACK: If you get back (to a place, situation or activity), you return
to that place, situation or activity.

 
B1 Phrasal verbs 21-30
 GET DOWN: If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting,
kneeling, or lying on the ground. Also, if you get something down, you write
something.
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 GET IN: If you get in, you enter a place, especially when it’s difficult.

 GET OFF: When you get off (a bus, a train, etc.), you descend from that
vehicle.
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 GET ON: If you get on with something, you start doing it or continue doing it.

 GET ON: If you say how someone is getting on (with a job or in a situation), you
are talking about how well they are doing.
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 GET RID OF: If you get rid of something or someone, you get free from this
thing or person so that you don’t have to deal with them anymore.
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 GIVE BACK If you give something back or give someone back 
 something, you return it to the person who gave it to you.
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 GIVE IN: If you give in a piece of work or something you have written, you give
it or hand it to a person of authority, such as your boss, your teacher, etc.
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 GIVE IN: If you give in, you surrender or abandon a fight, argument, etc.

 GIVE OUT: If you give out something, you give something to each person in a
group

B1 Phrasal verbs 31-40

o GIVE UP: If you give up something, you stop doing it or taking it: “I’m
going to give up smoking.”
o
o GIVE WAY: If you give way to a vehicle, you allow it to go past before
you move.
o
o GO FOR: If you go for something, you try to have or achieve
something.
o
o GO OFF: If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working. Also, if an
alarm goes off, it starts to make a loud noise, and if a bomb goes off, it
explodes.
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o GO ON: If something goes on, it continues to happen or exist. Also, if
something is going on, it is happening: “I don’t know what is going on.”
o
o GO OUT: If you go out, you leave your home to do something fun, such
as going to a bar, a party, etc. Also, if you go out with someone, you have
a romantic or sexual relationship.
o
o GO WITH: If one thing goes with another, they look or taste good
together: “This wine goes well with this cheese.”
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o GO TOGETHER: If two things go together, they look good together.
o
o GROW UP: When someone grows up, they change from being a child
into being an adult.
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o HAND IN: If you hand in an exam, homework, a document, or something
that you have found, you give it to a teacher, police officer, or another
person in authority.

B1 Phrasal verbs 41-50

o HAND OUT: If you hand things out to a group of people, you give one or
more to each person in a group.
o HANG OUT: If you hang out in a place or you hang out with someone,
you spend a lot of time in that place or with those people.
o
o HANG UP: If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone
call.
o HOLD UP: To hold up someone or something means to delay them or
make them late.
o
o KEEP IN: If you keep someone in (a place), you make them stay in that
place.
o
o KEEP ON: If you keep on doing something, you continue doing it.
o
o KEEP UP: If you keep up something, you continue to do it.
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o KNOCK DOWN: If a person is knocked down by a vehicle or a driver,
they are hit by this vehicle and fall to the ground, and are often injured
or killed. Also, to knock someone down means to hit a person so that this
person falls down.
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o LIE DOWN: When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position,
usually in order to rest or sleep.
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o LOOK AFTER: If you look after someone or something, you take care
of them and try to keep them healthy or in good condition.

B1 Phrasal verbs 51-60

o LOOK FOR: If you look for something, you try to get something that
you want or need.
o
o LOOK FORWARD TO: If you look forward to something that is going
to happen, you want it to happen and feel excited about it.
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o LOOK OUT: If you say or shout “look out!” to someone, you are
warning them that they are in danger.
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o LOOK UP: If you look up a particular piece of information, you try to
find it by looking in a book or on a list, or by using a computer.
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o PASS ON: If you pass something on (to someone), you give something to
someone, especially something that someone else has given you.
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o PICK UP: When you pick up someone or something that is waiting, you
go to the place where they are and take them somewhere, usually in
your car.
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o PUT AWAY: If you put something away, you put it into the place or
container where it is normally kept.
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o PUT DOWN: If you put something down, especially your name, on a list
or piece of paper, you write it down.
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o PUT OFF: If you put off something or doing something, you arrange to
do it at a later time.
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o PUT ON: If you put on weight, you become fatter. Also, if you put
on clothes, glasses or make-up, you place them on your body to wear
them.
B1 Phrasal verbs 61-70
o PUT OUT: If you put out a fire, cigarette, etc., you make it stop burning.
o
o PUT THROUGH: If you put through a call or the person calling, you
connect them with the person they want to speak to.
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o PUT UP: If you put up the price of something, you increase its price.
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o RING BACK: If you ring someone back, you return a previous call they
made to you.
o
o RING UP: If you ring up (someone), you phone them.
o
o RUN OUT: If you run out of something, you have no more of it left
because you have used it all.
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o SET OFF: When you set off, you start a journey.
o
o SET OUT: If you set out to do or achieve something, you start an activity
with a particular aim.
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o SET UP: If you set up a business, organisation, etc., you start it.
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o SHOW UP: If someone shows up, they arrive somewhere to join other
people.

 
B1 Phrasal verbs 71-80
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o SIT DOWN: The verbs sit down and sit mean the same.
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o SPLIT UP: If two people split up, or if someone splits up with someone
else, they end their relationship.
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o STAY BEHIND: If you stay behind, you remain in a place after
everyone else has left.
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o TAKE OFF: If you take off a piece of clothing, you remove it.
o
o TAKE OFF: When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts
flying
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o TAKE UP: If you take up an activity or a subject, you start doing it as a
job, habit or interest.
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o THROW AWAY: If you throw away something, you get rid of it, for
example, by putting it in a trash container.
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o TIDY UP: When you tidy up a place, you put things back in their right
places so that everything is neat.
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o TRY ON: If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on to see if it fits
and you like it.
o TURN DOWN: If you turn down the level or volume of something, you
decrease it.

B1 Phrasal verbs 81-90

o TURN INTO: If someone or something turns into someone or something
else, they change and become this other thing/person; or if
you turn someone or something into someone or something else, you
make them change.
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o TURN OFF: When you turn off a piece of equipment, you make it stop
working, usually by pressing a button.
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o TURN ON: When you turn on a piece of equipment, you make it start
working, usually by pressing a button.
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o TURN UP: If you turn up the level or volume of something, you increase
it.
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o WAKE (UP): When you wake (up) or when someone or
something wakes you (up), you become conscious after sleeping.
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o WASH UP: When you wash up, you clean part of your body with soap
and water, especially your hands and face. Also, if you wash up, you
wash the things you have used for cooking and eating a meal, such as
glasses, plates, pans, etc.
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o WEAR OUT: If something wears out or if you wear something out, it is
used so much that it can no longer be used.
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o WORK OUT: When you work out, you do physical exercises to be fit
and strong.
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o WRAP UP: If you wrap something up, you cover it by putting something
like paper or cloth around it.
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o WRITE DOWN: When you write something down, you write it on a
piece of paper using a pen or pencil.

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