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Phrasal Verb – Carry On
Carry On
The phrasal verb ‘carry on’ means to continue with something.
Example: Don’t give up now, you must carry on with your plans to open a new business.
Carry on to the end of the road and then turn right.
Carry on quietly with your work until the teacher arrives.
The phrasal verb ‘carry on’ has another meaning which is ‘to behave badly’.
Example: The children have been carrying on all morning and driving me mad.
Phrasal Verb – Come Back
Come Back
The phrasal verb ‘come back’ means to return to a place one has been before; to return to a previous activity
Example: Max left our office, but quickly came back after discovering he had left his keys here.
Come back to London soon, I will miss you while you are away.
The phrasal verb ‘come back’ can also mean to return to or regain a past success after a period of misfortune.
Example: France came back to beat England after being down 1-0 all game.
Phrasal Verb – Find Out
Find Out
The phrasal verb ‘find out’ means to discover a fact or information that you did not know before.
Example: My sister found out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her.
Phrasal Verb – Take After
Take After
When you take after somebody in your family, you are like them in appearance, behaviour or character.
| Present Simple | Take after |
| Past Simple | Took after |
| Past Participle | Taken after |
| -ing form | Taking after |
Examples of Use:
- I take after my father but my brother is more like my mother.
- Most people say that I took after my father.
- I wish I had taken after my mother, she is very beautiful.
Phrasal Verb – Grow Up
Grow up
To grow up means to develop from a child to an adult; to spend the years between being a child and being an adult.
| Present Simple | Grow up |
| Past Simple | Grew up |
| Past Participle | Grown up |
| -ing form | Growing up |
Examples of use:
- I grew up in Australia.
- When I grow up I want to be a doctor.
- She is growing up fast.
Phrasal Verb – Cheer Up
Cheer Up
If someone tells you to ‘cheer up’ they want you to become happier.
Examples: “Cheer up, things will get better soon”
He cheered me up when he gave me a bunch of flowers.
Phrasal Verb – Calm Down
Calm Down – To calm down is to relax after being angry.
Examples: I know you are angry, but I think you need to calm down before you speak to John about crashing the car.
I wish Mum would calm down, I was only 1 hour late coming home, it is not the worst thing that could happen.