How to Use English Phrasal Verbs Letter A

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abide by account for act on ask about

allow for have you ever wondered how to

properly use English phrasal verbs if so

this lesson is for you today I will

teach you how to use three phrasal verbs

welcome to speak English with Tiffany I

am teacher Tiffany and today we are

going to learn the fourth secret to

speaking English how to use three

English phrasal verbs that start with

the letter A this secret will improve

your ability to speak logically and

fluently in English are you ready

well then let’s jump right in the first

question that we must answer is what

exactly is a phrasal verb basically a

phrasal verb is a combination of a verb

plus a preposition or an adverb now

there are many phrasal verbs in English

and today we will take a look at three

of them that start with the letter A the

first one will be ask somebody out the

second one we’ll look at is ask around

and the third one is add up to something

let’s take a look at the first one ask

somebody out the meaning of this phrasal

verb is to invite someone on a date once

again to invite someone on a date now

let’s look at five examples of how to

use this phrasal verb number one Michael

asked Samantha out last night again

Michael asked some

out last night number two Daniel asked

Cynthia out to dinner and a movie Daniel

asked Cynthia out to dinner and a movie

number three did he ask you out last

week did he ask you out last week number

four you should ask her out

I think she likes you a lot you should

ask her out I think she likes you a lot

and number five have you ever asked

anyone out on a date before have you

ever asked anyone out on a date before

alright moving on

our second phrasal verb is asked around

the meaning of this phrasal verb is to

ask many people the same question once

again to ask many people the same

question now let’s look at five examples

of how to use this phrasal verb number

one I asked around but no one had seen

my wallet again I asked around but no

one had seen my wallet number two he had

no idea but he said that he would ask

around he had no idea but he said that

he would ask around number three we

asked around but no one had seen our dog

we asked around but no one had seen our

dog number four our barber just moved

away so we are asking around for a

replacement our barber just moved away

so we’re asking around four

placement and the number five can you

ask around and see if anyone has been to

the restaurant can you ask around and

see if anyone has been to the restaurant

and finally our third phrasal verb is

add up to something the meaning of this

phrasal verb is to be equal to something

once again to be equal to something now

let’s look at five examples of how to

use this phrasal verb number one their

company expenses add up to around 1.5

million a year again their company

expenses add up to around 1.5 million a

year number two the total costs add up

to several thousand dollars the total

costs add up to several thousand dollars

number three the results of the meeting

added up to a lot of hard work for all

of us the results of the meeting added

up to a lot of hard work for all of us

number four his proposal did not add up

to any real help for the orphans his

proposal did not add up to any real help

for the orphans and number five her

bills added up to about thirty thousand

dollars her bills added up to about

thirty thousand dollars all right

amazing today you learned the fourth

secret to speaking English how to use

three phrasal verbs that start with the

letter A you learned number one ask

somebody out which

that’s right to invite someone on a date

number two ask around

which means exactly to ask many people

the same question and number three add

up to something which means that’s right

to be equal to something now try to use

these phrasal verbs at least one time

today you can do it you can speak

English I hope this video helped to give

you more confidence in your English

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