Phrasal Verbs Worksheets and Decks
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Phrasal verbs worksheets
41 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
Phrasal verbs vocabulary
7 word decks with meanings, examples and pronunciation: flip, quiz, print as flashcards or play as a game.
Warm-ups and fillers
Quick Fun Corner activities on the same theme: no preparation.
- Filler · B1A student mimes a phrasal verb: get up, put on, take off, turn down, look for, fall over, give up. The class guesses and makes a sentence with it.
- Ice breaker · B2Interview your partner: “What do you always put off? Who do you look up to? What are you looking forward to? What would you like to take up?”
- Filler · C1Pairs alternate phrasal verbs with “come” and a sentence: come across, come up with, come down with, come round, come up against. The first to repeat or stall loses.
- Joke · C1Why don't mummies ever take holidays?
About Phrasal verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb plus one or two particles whose meaning is often not obvious from the parts: give up (stop), look after (take care of), put up with (tolerate). Some are separable, so the object can go between verb and particle: Turn off the light or Turn the light off. With a pronoun object the particle must come after it: Turn it off, never Turn off it.
Learners meet everyday phrasal verbs such as get up and put on at A2, and the number and idiomaticity grow steadily through B1–C2. Problems include pronoun position, inseparable verbs (look after the baby, not look the baby after), multiple meanings (take off a coat / a plane takes off) and avoidance, where learners use formal single-word verbs in informal speech.
Here you will find printable phrasal verbs worksheets with answer keys (print as PDF or set online via a class link) and vocabulary decks for review.
Teaching tips: Phrasal verbs
- Teach phrasal verbs in context or by theme (morning routine, relationships, travel) rather than as long alphabetical lists.
- Watch for 'pick up it' and similar errors: with separable verbs a pronoun object always goes between the verb and the particle.
- Explore particle meanings, such as up for completion (eat up, use up) or out for disappearance (die out, run out), to make new verbs guessable.
- Ask learners to rewrite a formal paragraph using phrasal verbs (tolerate → put up with) to show register differences.
Questions teachers ask
How can learners tell if a phrasal verb is separable?
A good dictionary marks it, often with sth between the parts (turn sth off). As a rule, intransitive verbs cannot be separated, and three-part verbs such as look forward to are not separated.
Is 'look forward to' followed by the infinitive?
No. To is a preposition here, so it takes a noun or -ing form: I'm looking forward to seeing you.
Should I teach phrasal verbs at lower levels?
Yes, high-frequency ones such as get up, put on, turn on and look for belong at A1–A2. Idiomatic and less frequent ones suit B2 and above.