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How do phrasal verbs work? They appear so complicated and most people, at some point, find them really daunting with these endless lists of verbs and prepositions, with different meanings for different situations. And these meanings and uses can even be different in different regions of the English speaking world. Let´s not remember everything we know about phrasal verbs for a moment. Let´s think like children, learning as we take steps forwards, falling over, getting up again. Watching, trying, repeating before we even fully understand, and simply enjoying the process. It´s as easy as A, B, C. A, prepositions come first, they indicate a position, a location, perhaps movement, a direction. Up. B, prepositional verbs are actions combined with that location, that direction. Look up, stand up. C, phrasal verbs, next, require some imagination. Think about using those same simple words from before describing a situation the child doesn´t have more sophisticated language to descri...

Hello and welcome to Think Speak Do practice pages. Here we have interesting articles, audio, grammar explanations and practice exercises. Today, a link to the BBC website and an enchanting and inspiring audio reading from Stephen Hawking´s last book. It is read by an actor in the voice he, perhaps, would have had, if he hadn´t had to speak through a computerised vocoder. There are four audio segments. Each is really worth your time and attention. brief answers to the big questions  Can you hear the sentences : "The area of the xxxx is greater than the sum of the two areas combined". "I was elected to xxxx". "I kept the original synthesizer partly because I identify with this voice". And what are the big questions? Please leave a comment for a discussion everyone is welcome to join in on.