English — Grammar: Phrasal Verbs Related to Daily Life (get up, wake up, look for, turn on) — 1st Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Phrasal Verbs for Daily Life

Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb + a preposition or adverb. They have special meanings. Learning common phrasal verbs is essential for natural English.

Daily Routine Phrasal Verbs

Wake up: stop sleeping. ‘I wake up at 6 AM.’ Get up: get out of bed. ‘I get up at 6:15.’ Get dressed: put on clothes. ‘I get dressed after breakfast.’ Turn on/off: start/stop a device. ‘Please turn on the lights.’

Household Phrasal Verbs

Clean up: make clean. ‘I clean up my room.’ Pick up: lift or collect. ‘Pick up your toys.’ Put away: place in the correct spot. ‘Put away your clothes.’ Look for: search. ‘I’m looking for my keys.’ Throw away: discard. ‘Throw away the rubbish.’

School Phrasal Verbs

Hand in: submit. ‘Hand in your homework.’ Write down: note. ‘Write down the new words.’ Find out: discover. ‘Find out the answer.’ Go over: review. ‘Let’s go over the lesson.’

Exercises

Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb: 1- I search for my glasses. 2- Please discard the old newspapers. 3- She submitted her project yesterday.