Practice phrasal verbs or confusing words in English. Choose a vocabulary topic below to read about and then practice. Note that where CEFR levels are suggested below it is approximate - the suggested level is really the minimum needed.


Phrasal verbs by topic


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The phrasal verbs flashcards and questions below are adapted from the The PHaVE List: A pedagogical list of phrasal verbs and their most frequent meaning senses by Garnier, M. & Schmitt, N. (2014) which was published in Language Teaching Research, 19(6).


Confusing words


youglishIf you want to see how any of these words are pronounced or used in real life, I would really recommend using Youglish. It's a website which gives you examples of your chosen vocabulary from different YouTube videos. You just enter the word you want to see/hear and it will show you lots of clips of YouTube videos, highlighting the vocabulary, with subtitles. Keep clicking on the ►|  button to hear more examples.