Learning synonyms and antonyms is a great way of learning phrasal verbs. For example, you may want to learn the phrasal verbs 'take up' (start a hobby) and 'give up' (stop a hobby) together.
Can you make phrasal verbs using these verbs and adding one or two particles?
Example: bump into
Answers at the end of the article!
Antonyms
‘Turn up’ has the meaning of ‘appear’. For example, ‘I threw a party but no one turned up.’ In contrast, ‘stand up’ can have the meaning of someone not appearing when they are expected to, for example a friend who doesn’t turn up when you’ve made a plan. However, this phrasal verb is normally used in a romantic sense, when someone you’ve arranged to have a date with doesn’t turn up!
Synonyms
There are sometimes phrasal verbs, which have the same meaning, although these are quite rare. For example, ‘show up’ has the same meaning as ‘turn up’.
'Run into' also has the same meaning as 'bump into': to see someone by chance (toparse con alguien).
Some synonyms have similar meanings, but there are differences. For example, the phrasal verbs 'fall over, fall down, fall off' all mean to fall in some way, but the movement is different in each one.
Here are some phrasal verbs you can make:
look into, look forward to, look for, look up to, look down on, fall over, fall down, fall off, fall out with, fall behind with, turn up, turn down, turn into, catch up with, stand up, stand for, stand up for, stick to, stick with, stick up for
Learning phrasal verbs can be tricky but stick with it!
