27 Clothing PHRASAL VERBS
Vanessa: Hi, I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
Are you ready to get dressed?
Let’s do it.
Everyone wears clothes.
I’m wearing clothes.
I hope you’re wearing clothes.
Talking about your daily life, like clothing
is a great way to expand your vocabulary and
really use English every day.
So today I’d like to invite you on a journey
with me to talk about 27 phrasal verbs related
to clothing.
Today, Dan, my husband is going to be the
model for all of the phrasal verbs that we
talk about.
I am very pregnant right now and it’s difficult
for me to get into clothing, so I really appreciate
his help.
By the time you’re watching this video, I’ve
already had my baby, but right now I haven’t,
so thank you Dan for your help.
Let’s get started with the first category
of clothing phrasal verbs.
If a phrasal verb can be split, and a lot
of these can, look for the blue pronouns so
that you can see how to split the phrasal
verb.
For example, I put on the shirt or I put it
on.
Let’s take a look at the first category.
Vanessa: Buying, try on, get into, fit into.
Dan is trying on this striped shirt.
He already tried on a red one.
Which one should he get?
He tried it on.
Do you think that Dan will be able to get
into this shirt?
He used to fit into it 30 years ago.
Dressing, put on, throw on, have on, take
off.
Dan puts on a hoodie because it’s a little
bit chilly outside today.
He puts it on.
He’s late for work so he’s just going to throw
on his hoodie and run out the door.
He’s throwing it on.
Dan has had on his hoodie all day, even though
it’s spring.
He had it on.
Vanessa: After wearing his hoodie all day,
he is finally ready to take it off.
Closing, zip up, button up, tuck in, roll
up.
Dan zips up his coat to get ready to go outside.
He zips it up.
He makes sure to button up his dress shirt
carefully before his date with me.
He buttons it up.
After buttoning it up, it’s time to tuck in
his shirt.
He tucks it in.
It’s warm this afternoon so Dan decides to
roll up his sleeves before going outside.
He rolls them up.
Fancy, dress up, dress up like.
Dan is really dressing up for this date.
Do you think he’s going to change his pants?
Vanessa: Dan is dressed up like an annoying
tourist.
Notice the difference between dress up, which
is fancy and dress up like, which is to imitate
the way someone dresses.
Weather, bundle up, wrap up, strip down.
Don’t forget to bundle up before you go outside.
Make sure you wrap up.
It’s cold out there.
When Dan got inside, it was so hot that he
needed to strip down.
Ah, that feels better.
Old, wear out.
Dan wore his favorite shorts so much that
now they are completely worn out.
He wore them out.
Shoes, slip on, slip off, lace up, break in,
kick off.
Dan slips on his shoes before he goes outside.
He slips them on.
Vanessa: He quickly slips them off every time
he goes inside the house.
Dan is lacing up his hiking boots and then
he ties the laces into a double knot.
He laces them up.
These are new boots, so Dan needs to break
them in for a few days.
Dan kicks off his hiking boots after a long
hike.
Ah, that feels good.
He kicks them off.
Modifying, let out, taken.
This shirt is a little too small.
Dan needs to get it let out if he wants to
wear it comfortably.
The tailor will let it out.
Dan really likes these pants, but they’re
too big.
Maybe he will get them taken in professionally.
The tailor will take them in.
Tidying, fold up, hang up, put away.
After washing his favorite cat tank top Dan
folds it up carefully.
Now that this video is finished, Dan hangs
up his coat and puts it away in the closet.
He hangs it up.
Vanessa: Now I’d like to give you a little
test.
Do you think you can fill in the blank with
the correct phrasal verb?
I’m going to read a sentence with a blank
and I want you to think about which phrasal
verb would be best in the sentence and then
I’m going to read the sentence a second time
with the correct phrasal verb.
I’d like you to also try to read these sentences
out loud with me.
It’s going to be a great chance to remember
the phrasal verbs because you’re speaking
out loud and also you’re trying to think of
which one’s the best fit.
Let’s get started.
After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to
________ more often instead of wearing sweatpants
and a hoodie every day.
After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to
dress up more often instead of wearing sweatpants
and a hoodie every day.
He went to the store to ________ some classy
shirts.
Vanessa: What do you think goes in the blank?
He went to the store to try on some classy
shirts.
First he ________ his hoodie, that was ______
after years of daily use.
First he took off his hoodie that was worn
out after years of daily use.
As he was _______ the first colored shirt
he took a look in the mirror.
As he was buttoning up the first colored shirt
he took a look in the mirror.
Vanessa was going to love his new style.
He carefully ______ the shirts and came out
of the dressing room to look at the shoe selection.
Vanessa: He carefully hung up the shirts and
came out of the dressing room to look at the
shoe selection.
He ______ some brown dress shoes, but all
of the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.
He laced up some brown dress shoes, but all
the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.
It would take too long to _________ so Dan
decided just to buy the shirts.
It would take too long to break them in so
Dan decided to just buy the shirts.
Half classy was better than not classy at
all.
Now I’m going to read the story out loud all
together one more time.
I want you to try to read it out loud with
me to exercise your pronunciation, to challenge
your memory and just to be able to use English.
Let’s read that full story.
After going to Paris, Dan felt inspired to
dress up more often instead of wearing sweatpants
and a hoodie every day.
Vanessa: He went to the store to try on some
classy shirts.
First he took off his hoodie that was worn
out after years of daily use.
As he was buttoning up the first colored shirt,
he took a look in the mirror.
Vanessa was going to love his new style.
He carefully hung up the shirts and came out
of the dressing room to look at the shoe selection.
He laced up some brown dress shoes, but all
the shoes seem too stiff and uncomfortable.
It would take too long to break them in so
Dan decided to just buy the shirts.
Half classy was better than not classy at
all.
And now I have a question for you.
In the comments let me know, can you use these
phrasal verbs to describe what you did to
get dressed today?
You might say, “Well, I just slipped on my
shoes and threw on a tee shirt,” or “I had
to get dressed up for a presentation today.”
Let me know in the comments and thank you
so much for learning English with me.
I’ll see you again next Friday for a new lesson
here on my YouTube channel, bye.
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Thanks so much.
Bye.