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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm are you ready for a phrasal

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verb quiz let's talk about it in today's

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special phrasal verb quiz video Dan's

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gonna ask you 5 questions featuring an

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important up phrasal verb concept he's

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gonna read a sentence and there are

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gonna be three options you can choose

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which of the three options is the best

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fit for that sentence and after he reads

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the sentence you'll have five seconds to

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choose which one is the correct one in

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the poll feature up here so you're gonna

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see a little tab come across the screen

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and you can click it and choose which

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answer you think is correct and then

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after that I'll explain why that answer

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is correct and how you can use this in

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other situations let's get started with

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the quiz question number one my mom is

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coming to visit I need to the house I

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need to clean up the house I need to

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finish up the house I need to do up the

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house mmm clean up finish up do up

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what's the answer Vanessa thanks so much

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Dan the answer to question number one is

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my mom is coming to visit I need to

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clean up the house why is cleanup the

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best phrasal verb for this sentence well

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the rule that we're gonna be talking

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about today with up phrasal verbs is all

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of these verbs are talking about doing

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an action but also finishing that action

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so you are cleaning the house but you

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are also finishing cleaning the house

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and that is what the up part of this

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phrasal verb signifies that you are yes

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you're cleaning the house maybe you're

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vacuuming or mopping or dusting or

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tidying up but you are also finishing

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the task so let's see how this is used

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in other sentences for questions 2 3 4

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and 5 let's go to question number 2

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question

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- at the end of the month we usually all

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of our purchases we usually use up all

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of our purchases we usually add up all

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of our purchases we usually heat up all

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of our purchases use up add up heat up

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what's the answer Vanessa thanks Dan in

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question number two the best answer is

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at the end of the month we usually add

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up all of our purchases we add up all of

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our purchases you can imagine that I

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keep all of the receipts all of the

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things that I've bought I have a lot of

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numbers and then at the end of the month

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I'm going to add them but I'm not just

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going to add them I'm going to finish

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the task so here we have the same rule

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we're using an action verb ad but we're

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adding up to show that the task is

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finished I finish adding all of the

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things at the end of the month that I

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purchased okay let's go to question

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number three question number three I

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thought he didn't like coffee but he the

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whole pot he used up the whole pot he

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threw up the whole pot he drank up the

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whole pot hmm used up threw up drink up

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what's the answer Vanessa great senate's

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Dan

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incidence number three the best answer

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is I thought he didn't like coffee but

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he drank up the whole pot do you see a

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theme here he's not just drinking some

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coffee he is finishing the whole pot of

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coffee there is an action drinking and a

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finishing of that action so we're adding

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up he drank up the whole pot now you

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might be thinking why can't we use

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used-up he used up the whole pot well in

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this situation used up is gonna

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be better for some other kind of task

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you're gonna see that a little bit later

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in another question but here we're

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talking about a liquid so drink up is

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our best option

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okay let's go to the next question

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question number four I can't believe how

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fast my baby is my baby is growing up my

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baby is finishing up my baby is turning

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up hmm growing up finishing up turning

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up what's the answer Vanessa great

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Senate's Dan the best answer for

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question number four is I can't believe

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how fast my baby is growing up here we

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have an action verb to grow and then

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we're adding up to make this a phrasal

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verb but we already talked about how all

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of these phrasal verbs signify finishing

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a task has my baby finished growing not

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really if I said my baby is grown up

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this means he has finished growing he is

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an adult but I didn't say that

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instead the sentence is my baby is

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growing up we're using the present

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continuous so here I'm showing that

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there is an action that's continually

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happening but one day it will be

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finished one day he will grow up he will

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be an adult and he will probably stop

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growing he's not gonna grow forever all

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right let's talk about the final

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question question number five question

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number five when you all the shampoo

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please buy a new one when you pack up

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all the shampoo when you clean up all

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the shampoo when you use up all the

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shampoo pack up clean up use up what's

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the answer Vanessa how did you do on

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this final sentence sentence number five

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the best way to say this is when you use

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up all the shampoo please buy a new one

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use up we have our action

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verb use plus up what do you think this

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means when the shampoo is completely

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gone when you use it up when you use it

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up so when the shampoo is finished when

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it is gone please buy a new one you

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might be wondering Vanessa can I use up

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with this idea of finishing for other

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action verbs yes you can make a lot of

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phrasal verbs with this concept for

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example let's imagine that you have a

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lot of homework well when you're

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finished you could say I finished up all

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my homework or maybe if you have some

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soup from yesterday and you want to eat

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it for lunch today you could say I need

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to heat up my soup I need to heat it up

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or you might say before I go on vacation

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I should pack up my car I need to pack

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up my suitcase or when the police are

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following you don't speed up it's not a

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good idea I hope that all of these

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examples are useful to you did you enjoy

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this quiz with Dan thanks so much Dan

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for joining me in this video I hope you

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enjoyed it I hope you learned a lot let

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me know in the comments below how many

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did you get correct did you get all five

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correct did you get four or three or two

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or one or maybe none but now I hope you

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understand this concept better and I

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hope you can use it yourself maybe let

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me know in the comments what are some

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other action verbs that you can add with

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up to signify finishing a task thanks so

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much for learning with me and I'll see

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