Episode 3
bbclearningenglish
FACE UP TO PHRASALS
TELL ON
#Meaning: if you tell on somebody, you give information about someone, usually about something bad that they have said or done, to a person in authority (like a teacher, boss or parent), knowing that this will probably result in punishment.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.

He told on his sister - RIGHT
He told on her - RIGHT

He told her on - WRONG
He told his sister on - WRONG

#Example sentence: When I was a child I used to steal apples from the tree in the neighbour's garden but my brother told on me and my father grounded me for a month.
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#Synonyms: inform (on), grass (on), sneak (on)
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bbclearningenglishFACE UP TO PHRASALS
MAKE UP
#Meaning: if you make something up, you invent an untrue story or explanation, often in order to
hide the truth.
#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. The object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. If you want to use a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.
She made up an excuse - RIGHT
She made an excuse up - RIGHT
She made it up - RIGHT
She made up it - WRONG
#Example sentence: Charlie didn't want to admit that he hadn't done his homework, so he made up a
story about leaving it on the bus.
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#Synonyms: invent, devise, concoct, fabricate, cook up, manufacture, come up with
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Episode 5

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bbclearningenglishFACE UP TO PHRASALS
CATCH OUT
#Meaning: if you catch somebody out, you find evidence to show that they have secretly been doing something wrong or bad.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. The object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. If you want to use a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.

I caught my son out - RIGHT
I caught him out - RIGHT
I caught out my son - RIGHT
I caught out him - WRONG

#Example sentence: George had successfully cheated in quite a few exams, but the examiner finally caught him out when some notes fell out of his sleeve and onto the floor.
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#Synonyms: discover, expose, reveal, uncover, find out, bust
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Episode 6

bbclearningenglishFACE UP TO PHRASALS

LOOK AFTER
#Meaning: if you look after something or someone, you take care of them and make sure they have what they need.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.
She looked after the baby - RIGHT
She looked after it - RIGHT
She looked the baby after - WRONG
She looked it after - WRONG

#Example sentence: I can't come to the cinema tonight - my sister's ill, so I'm going to stay at home
and look after her.
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#Synonyms: take care of, tend (to)
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Double contractionsv
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Episode 7

bbclearningenglishFACE UP TO PHRASALS

TURN INTO
#Meaning: If something turns into something, it becomes something different.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle. The
object is not usually a pronoun.

The water turned into ice - RIGHT
The water turned into it - RIGHT (this is rare)

The water turned ice into - WRONG
The water turned it into - WRONG

#Example sentence: I'm scared of him. When he drinks too much beer he turns into a crazy madman.
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#Synonyms: become, change (into) transform (into), evolve (into), develop (into), metamorphosise (into)
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It is Friday - time for a joke.

Here is Rob.

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Here is the answer to Rob's joke.
We're sure you can do better.

How do you say the word 'often'?
Sophie and Finn disagree.

bbclearningenglishFACE UP TO PHRASALS
HANG UP

#Meaning - If you hang up, you end a telephone call by breaking the connection between yourself and the person you are speaking to.

#Grammar - This phrasal verb does not usually have an object (except telephone or phone). You can separate the verb from its particle, but not if the object is a pronoun.

She hung up - RIGHT
She hung up the telephone - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung the phone up - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung up it - WRONG

#Example sentence: How rude - I was in the middle of telling her a story and she just hung up!
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#Synonyms: ring off
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