(back cover) Second Edition Updated to reflect questions found on various recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Becoming familiar with phrasal verbs and understanding how they are commonly used as nouns (for example, breakup and show-off), or as adjectives (spaced-out, broken-down, stressed-out and many others) is essential to speaking and understanding modern English. Students preparing for the TOEFL or other ESL exams will find this book's many examples and exercises especially helpful
Presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English.
Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs.
Phrasal verbs are a vital part of the English language, and they can be a challenge to master. This book is designed to help you overcome that challenge by providing you with a comprehensive guide to phrasal verbs.
This is not an exhaustive list of collocations or phrasal verbs in English, it's a curated list of some of the most common ones.
The book also covers common phrases and collocations used in Business English. So, for example, the book covers not just a phrasal verb like "put in" but phrases such as "put in a bid".
Written by ESL guru Mark Lester--author of Grammar and Usage in the Classroom--this authoritative reference unravels the mystery of this verb form so you can take your English-language skills to the next level.
This book contains over 450 everyday conversations and more than 200 exercises which will show you how to really use phrasal verbs like a native speaker.
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Little Red Book of Phrasal Verbs