Phrasal Verbs
Handouts Online has lots of fantastic worksheets to help your students master phrasal verbs. Have you tried our 'All About' series? They all have a caption quiz plus lots of discussion questions.
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Phrasal Verbs: Come On!
This worksheet looks at six common phrasal verbs using the word 'come'. Your students will study:
- come across something
- come down with an illness
- come forward
- come along
- come on
- come out
There is a quiz, followed by a caption game and lots of discussion questions.
It's a great way to improve your students' knowledge of these all-important expressions!
All About 'Take'
Continuing our phrasal verb theme, this worksheet looks at six common expressions based around the verb 'take'.
After an opening exercise teaching the expressions (or finding out how much your students already know), there is a picture quiz, followed by discussion questions.
The phrasal verbs covered are:
take down [decorations]
take up [a hobby]
take over [a company]
take off [your shoes]
take after [someone]
take back [something you said]
This worksheet is written for intermediate level students.
All About 'Off'
This worksheet looks at some common phrasal verbs using 'Off'.
Your students will learn:
- Set off (for a place)
- Call off (an event)
- A product taking off
- Make off with
- Be laid off
- Put off doing something
The worksheet includes the ever-popular caption competition, and there are discussion questions to help your students personalise the language.
All About 'Up'
This worksheet is a great filler lesson, helping your students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs.
Phrasal verbs include:
- make up (a story)
- look up (a word)
- give up (smoking)
- turn up (late)
- cheer up
- blow up (a bridge)
There is a gap-fill exercise, followed by a caption quiz and lots of discussion questions.
It's great both for vocabulary building and discussion practice!
All About 'Go'
This worksheet looks at some common phrasal verbs based around the word 'Go'.
Expressions include: go ahead, go off, go round and more.
There's a matching quiz, a follow-up practice exercise as well as a 'match-the-caption' quiz.
This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.
All about 'Out'
If your students are looking for a break from a textbook (or some particularly heavy grammar) this worksheet could provide everyone with some relief!
There are six different phrasal verbs introduced in this handout, all containing 'out' as the particle.
There's a gap-fill exercise, followed by some caption writing. The lesson rounds off with some discussion questions, so your students can use the new language about themselves.
This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.
All About 'Get'
In order to communicate successfully in English, students need a firm grasp of phrasal verbs.
This worksheet gives an introduction to one of the most common groups: 'get'. There are just six different uses, so your students won't be swamped by too much new language.
There is a matching exercise, picture captions, and discussion questions.
This worksheet is ideal for lower-level students.