Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

Are you ready to master the top 50 phrasal verbs?

Yes, let's do it.

Have you ever been listening to an English conversation but you just can't figure out

what they're saying?

You know the individual words, but the meaning just doesn't add up.

If you've been putting off learning phrasal verbs, you may want to check out today's lesson.

It will take you from huh to bring it on in no time.

So what are phrasal verbs?

Well, phrasal verbs are a two or three-part verb like this.

There is a normal verb try plus a second part.

That second part could be called a participle, could be called a preposition, it doesn't

really matter.

That second part is what makes this a phrasal verb.

To try is different than to try on or to try out.

These have different meanings.

So when we use phrasal verbs, it changes the meaning of the original verb.

Phrasal verbs are incredibly common in daily conversations, so I hope that these top 50

phrasal verbs in this lesson will help you to gain some confidence in your speaking but

also to help you understand what other people are saying.

Because it's important to know the nuances and the different meanings of these phrasal

verbs.

Let's get started with number one.

Number one is to add up, to add up.

Take a look at this sentence, her story didn't add up, I think she's lying.

What do you think this phrasal verb means?

Instead of me directly telling you right away the meaning of the phrasal verb, I want you

to guess based on the sentence.

That's what we're going to be doing for all 50 of these phrasal verbs.

It's kind of like a 50-question test, hopefully a fun test.

What do you think add up means here, her story didn't add up, I think she's lying.

This means it didn't make sense.

Something about it seemed not logical or strange, it didn't add up.

We usually use this phrasal verb in a negative sentence, so that's what's happening here.

Her story did not add up.

If you are a student and you go to your teacher and say, "I'm sorry, I don't have my homework

finished because last night I got into a car wreck, and I had to go visit my grandmother

in the hospital.

And then I had my dog, and my dog was eating my homework."