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Phrasal verbs

Hang out with a friend: make a relaxed plan

Suggest informal time together, then add a place and time that make the plan usable.

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Phrasal verbs

Clean up: deal with the mess

Use clean up after a spill or a messy activity, and put it in the right place.

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Phrasal verbs

Catch up: exchange news with an old friend

Understand a social invitation to catch up and use with before the person’s name.

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Phrasal verbs

Work out or workout? Talk about exercise

Use work out for the action and a workout for an exercise session.

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Phrasal verbs

Turn it on: start a device

Ask for a fan, light or other device to start working, with the right object position.

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Get over a cold: describe your recovery

Say whether you are still recovering or recovered earlier, and keep it after over.

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Grammar

Past continuous: what were you doing when it happened?

Show an activity already in progress when another event happened.

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Future continuous: I’ll be working at that time

Explain what will be in progress at a future moment.

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Grammar

My or mine? Say who the bag belongs to

Keep my before a noun, or use mine without repeating the noun.

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Grammar

This, these, that or those? Point to the right things

Choose by number and distance when you point to everyday objects.

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Careful or carefully? Describe the person or the action

Choose an adjective for a person and an adverb for how an action is done.

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Put it away: return something to its usual place

Use put away for storing things after use, with two noun positions and one pronoun position.

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