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Unit 08
Review: Phrasal Verbs & Idioms
mixed practice
Keep Learning: A Simple System
- Learn phrasal verbs in groups — by verb, by particle or by topic — as in this section.
- Write your own example sentence for every new phrasal verb or idiom.
- Review with spaced repetition: after 1 day, 3 days, 1 week and 1 month.
- Notice them in films, series, podcasts and the news — listening is where they appear most.
- Start using the most common ones first, e.g. find out, give up, look forward to, on the same page, in the long run.
Phrasal Verb or Idiom?
Many expressions are both: hit it off, call it a day and get the hang of are idioms built on verbs. What matters is learning them as fixed chunks together with their typical grammar, e.g. look forward to + -ing, give rise to + noun.