Phrasal Verbs

Hi,

the best way to learn phrasal verbs is to use them in a sentences, isn't it?

I wrote some sentence with phrasal verbs and it would be nice if someone could check them:

send off
I am sure our secretary sent off the order last week.

turn down
If we do not sign the contract until next Monday the offer is going to be turned down.

turn up
We turned up at our accommodation at midnight.

come across
I came across a very interesting article about your company.

take down
One of your customer form Italy called in yesterday and I took down the most important point of our conversation.

ask around
I met a group of old school friend’s in the city and asked them around.

play up/break down
I put the recorder on but I did not played up, after trying it three times it broke down.

bring up
Our English teacher is always bringing up boring topics.

sort out
I sorted out all possibilities and now I know what I am going to do on Monday morning.

mess around
Be careful with our new college he is always messing around!

put off/call off
The meeting is put off again. I give you the advice to call it off because the people are not interested in it.

look down on
Sandra is looking down on me because my family background is poor.

do away with
I used to play computer games but I did them away some month ago.

come up with
We nearly gave up to find a solution for our problem but than Julian came up with that brilliant idea.

get away with
I was not prepared for the English test and used a cheat sheet so I get away with good marks.

put up with
Our last holiday accommodation was not very nice but we put up with it for the
week we stayed there.

go against
You can’t go against your family.

Thank you for your help - do you have other tips for an ELS Student how to learn phrasal verbs ???

Bye
Louvre

[Barb_D]

You have so many that i don't feel able to address them all.

send off
I am sure our secretary sent off the order last week.
This would be better as "sent out."

turn down
If we do not sign the contract until next Monday the offer is going to be turned down.
Better would be I believe they are going to turn down our offer. You can also turn down sheets.

turn up
We turned up at our accommodation at midnight. Okay

come across
I came across a very interesting article about your company. Okay

take down
One of your customers form Italy called in yesterday and I took down the most important point of our conversation.

ask around
I met a group of old school friend’s in the city and asked them around.
No, this isn't right at all. Ask around means to try to find information. I don't know of a good mechanic, but I'll ask around.

play up/break down
I put the recorder on but I did not played up, after trying it three times it broke down.
Broke down is okay, but not play up, which means to make the best of something. Her mascara really played up her pretty eyes.

bring up
Our English teacher is always bringing up boring topics. Okay

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi,

the best way to learn phrasal verbs is to use them in a sentences, isn't it?

The best way to learn phrasal verbs is to use them in sentences, isn't it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I wrote some sentence with phrasal verbs and it would be nice if someone could check them:

I wrote some sentences with phrasal verbs in them and it would be nice if someone would check them.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

send off

I am sure our secretary sent off the order last week.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

turn down

If we do not sign the contract until next Monday the offer is going to be turned down.

If we do not sign the contract by next Monday the offer is going to be turned down.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

turn up

We turned up at our accommodation at midnight.

No, that is not how turn up is used. We use it about other people but not ourselves. Example:

Don't worry. I'm sure he'll turn up sooner or later.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

come across

I came across a very interesting article about your company.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

take down

One of your customer form Italy called in yesterday and I took down the most important point of our conversation.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

ask around

I met a group of old school friend’s in the city and asked them around.

No. (Why in the world did you use an apostrophe in friends?) You ask somebody out; you don't ask them around.

ask around

I'm not familiar with that name, but I'll ask around and see if I can turn something up.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

play up/break down

I put the recorder on but I did not played up, after trying it three times it broke down.

No. to play something up is to attempt to make it look good to somebody. (You've got the right idea with break down.)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

bring up

Our English teacher is always bringing up boring topics.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

sort out

I sorted out all possibilities and now I know what I am going to do on Monday morning.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

mess around

Be careful with our new college he is always messing around!

Try again.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

put off/call off

The meeting is put off again. I give you the advice to call it off because the people are not interested in it.

The meeting has been postponed again. I advise you to cancel it altogether because of lack of interest.

put off
She was put off by the way he talked to her.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

look down on

Sandra is looking down on me because my family background is poor.

Sandra looks down on me because of my family background.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

do away with

I used to play computer games but I did them away some month ago.

I used to play computer games, but I gave it up some months ago.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

come up with

We nearly gave up to find a solution for our problem but than Julian came up with that brilliant idea.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

get away with

I was not prepared for the English test and used a cheat sheet so I get away with good marks.

I cheated on my English test and I got away with it. (wasn't caught.)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

put up with

Our last holiday accommodation was not very nice but we put up with it for the week we stayed there.

OK.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

go against

You can’t go against your family.

OK.

[Blindi]

Hello,

thank you for all the useful information.

I do not know why I make so stupid mistake but...

Here are my corrections:

play up
The printer’s playing up again.
My back’s been playing me up all day.

send off
He was sent off for arguing with the referee.
I want to send this application off today.

do away with
I think we should do away with private education once and for all.

mess around
We spent the weekend messing around.
I got extra homework from my English teacher for messing around in class.


Are these sentences correct ??

Thank you
Blindi

[Anglika]

They look fine.

[RonBee]

Here we go again.

Originally Posted by Blindi

thank you for all the useful information.

That's okay, but it would be better to say thank you for all the useful advice.

Originally Posted by Blindi

I do not know why I make so stupid mistake but...

I do not know why I make so many stupid mistakes.

Originally Posted by Blindi

play up

Originally Posted by Blindi

The printer’s playing up again.


My back’s been playing me up all day.

That might be BE, but I am not familiar with that usage in AE.

Originally Posted by Blindi

send off

Originally Posted by Blindi

He was sent off for arguing with the referee.
I want to send this application off today.

OK.

Originally Posted by Blindi

do away with

Originally Posted by Blindi

I think we should do away with private education once and for all.

OK.

Originally Posted by Blindi

mess around

Originally Posted by Blindi

We spent the weekend messing around.
I got extra homework from my English teacher for messing around in class.

OK.