SCHOOL DAYS
Funky Phrasals brings you some useful ways of talking about your education.

To make things easier, we have broken the phrasal verbs down into two parts.

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Funky Phrasals • to get ahead • to get on • to mess around

Part 1A - Listening
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Part 1B - Reading
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VICKI:We’re going to go back to school.
CALLUM:Because if you want to get ahead, you need a good education!
VICKI:That’s right. Well one way to get ahead with English is to use more phrasal verbs. For example:
CALLUM:'get ahead' Yes..my education certainly helped me get ahead – it helped me to become more successful than other people.

If you want to get ahead you need a good education!

VICKI:It must have done Callum because now you’re working with me!
CALLUM:And that really is getting ahead!
VICKI:So what were your school days like, Callum?
CALLUM:Well..I suppose I got on okay.
VICKI:So you were quite successful.
CALLUM:I got on okay, yeah. Sometimes I messed around.
VICKI:Ah, you were sometimes naughty, and just played when you should’ve been working?
CALLUM:Yes, I messed around sometimes, just like most kids.


Part 1C - More examples
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Funky Phrasals • to get down to work • to get through • to go on to

Part 2A - Listening
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Part 2B - Reading
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CALLUM:I messed around sometimes, just like most kids. But then I usually got down to work in the end!
VICKI:Well, yes, if you want to succeed you have to start doing your work sometime!

I messed around sometimes, just like most kids.

CALLUM:So, I got down to work and I’m glad to say I got through all my exams.
VICKI:Well done you! So in the end, you started working, and even though it was hard, you managed to pass your exams, so then what did you do?
CALLUM:Well I went on to university.
VICKI:So after school, you continued your education at university – just like me.



Part 2C - More examples
Here are some more examples of these phrasal verbs in use:
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Phrasal verbs quiz
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