Up Phrasal Verbs 1

Up Phrasal Verbs 1

I’ve had a lot of requests for some lessons on ‘up’ so here is the first of several. We’ll cover the easy part today.

One common use for ‘up’ in phrasal verbs is to indicate

See how that applies to these eight verbs.

If you display something such as a poster, you ‘put it up’ on a wall or a notice-board.

If somebody is miserable and you want them to be happier, you can tell them to ‘cheer up’.

If you are sitting and then you rise from your chair, you ‘stand up’.

If a party or a seminar is dull, you need to ‘liven it up’.

If you want to make something stronger, you can ‘build it up’.

I can’t hear very well these days – I’m old. When you speak to me, you need to speaker, to ‘speak up’.

The place where you lived when you were a child is where you ‘grew up’.

If something increases fast, it ‘shoots up’.

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