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Introduction

Georgie teaches you some phrasal verbs that can be used to talk about travel. 

Phrasal verbs mentioned

look forward to (something)
anticipate something good or exciting happening in the future

• He’s really looking forward to his summer holiday by the beach.
• My parents are really looking forward to their book club event this weekend. 

get away
escape from your usual responsibilities and go on holiday

• I’m feeling burnt out. I’d love to get away for a few days and spend time in the countryside.
• We've had a hard year. Let's get away at some point in the winter months. 

pick (someone) up
collect someone and take them to another location, usually in a vehicle like a car

• The taxi picked the woman up from her house and took her to the airport.
• The bus picks us up every morning and takes us to school. 

hurry up
go faster

• Hurry up! We’re going to miss our flight!
• We really need to hurry up if we want to catch the train.

get in/out
enter/exit a vehicle with a small space (car, taxi, truck, lorry, van, helicopter), and immediately sit down 

• I got in the car and then started driving. 
• Once they arrived, they got out the taxi and walked into the airport. 

get on/off
enter/exit a vehical standing on your feet (bus, plane, train, tram, boat)

• We're at our stop - let's get off the bus. 
• After she got on the bus, she realised it was the wrong one. 

set off
Begin your journey

• Grandpa set off at 6am to make sure he arrived at the airport early for his flight.
• Once we had prepared the picnic food, we set off towards the park. 

check in
Register your arrival at the airport, at a hotel, or some kind of facility.

• After checking in at the hotel reception, she gave them the room key.
• Before going through airport security, you have to check in at the airline's desk. 

take off (plane)
leaves the runway 

• The plane took off smoothly and then we were in the air. 
• You have to put your phone in airplane mode while the plane takes off. 

TOP TIPS!

• If you see the word ‘something’, it usually means the verb requires an object.
• If ‘something’ is in the middle of the phrasal verb, it means that it can be separated by the object (but doesn’t have to be).
• If ‘something’ is at the end of the phrasal verb, it means it cannot be separated.
• When a pronoun, e.g. him, her, them, is the object of a separable phrasal verb, it must go between the verb and the particle.

To do

Practise by using the worksheet on this page.

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