How to Use English Phrasal Verbs Letter C

welcome to speak English with Tiffany I

am teacher Tiffany and today we are

going to learn the twelfth secret to

speaking English how to use three

English phrasal verbs that start with

the letter C this secret will improve

your ability to speak logically and

fluently in English are you ready

well then let’s jump right in now you’ll

remember that a phrasal verb is

basically a combination of a verb plus a

preposition or an adverb

there are many phrasal verbs in English

and today we will take a look at three

of them that start with the letter C

number one call off number two call up

and number three chew on let’s take a

look at the first one call off the

meaning of this phrasal verb is to

cancel once again to cancel now let’s

look at five examples of how to use this

phrasal verb number one they are calling

the basketball game off because of the

snow they are calling the basketball

game off because of the snow number two

she decided to call off the wedding

number three mark is ill so we will have

to call off the party mark is ill so we

will have to call off the party number

four the police called off their search

for the burglar after they found him

hiding in the store the police called

off their search for the burglar after

they found him hiding in a store and

number five the big game has been called

off the big game has been called off

moving on our second phrasal verb is

call up the meaning of this phrasal verb

telephone someone once again -

telephone someone now let’s look at five

examples of how to use this phrasal verb

number one I called him up as soon as I

heard the news I called him up as soon

as I heard the news

number two please call up the manager

please call up the manager number three

I will call them up and see what they

want to do I will call them up and see

what they want to do number four

I’ll call you up tomorrow I’ll call you

up tomorrow and number five

she called him up after class yesterday

and finally our third phrasal verb is

chew on the meaning of this phrasal verb

is to think about something carefully

before deciding once again to think

about something carefully before

deciding now let’s look at five examples

of how to use this phrasal verb number

one I’ll chew on it for a day or two and

then contact you I’ll chew on it for a

day or two and then contact you number

two I chewed on the question for a full

hour before responding I chewed on the

question for a full hour before

responding number three can I chew on it

for a little while can I chew on it for

a little while number four can I give

you something to chew on can I give you

something to chew on

and number five I had to chew on what he

said for a little while

I had to chew on what he said for a

little while

alright amazing today you learned the

12th secret

speaking English how to use three

phrasal verbs that start with the letter

C you learned number one call off which

means that’s right to cancel number to

call up which means you got it -

telephone someone and number three chew

on which means that’s right to think

about something carefully before

deciding in the next lesson we will go

over the thirteenth secret - speaking

English now try to use these phrasal

verbs at least one time today you can do

it you can speak English

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