This is an All Ears English podcast episode 43.
Learn three phrasal verbs in English using Go.
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What is the difference between go for, go through, and go over?
Find out how to use these common phrasal verbs in English today.
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Hey, Aubrey, what's going on for you?
Oh, there's not really much going on over here recording a podcast.
That's fine.
Oh, well, glad to hear it.
So you started the episode just now by saying not much going on.
So we're talking about the phrasal verbs first of all, which is a big topic for our listeners, but phrasal verbs with go today.
Today is going to be a quick simple, easy lesson for you guys, just to get some immediate vocab you can use with native speakers right away.
So you guys know that phrasal verbs are one of the hardest things about learning a language.
When there's collocations with different words that change the meaning, right?
Depending on what prepositions are added to the verb go, it changes the meaning.
And you have to be aware of these so that you understand and can communicate and can use phrasal verbs when you speak.
Yeah, it's so true.
I mean, you work a lot one-on-one with students, with all those English students, Aubrey.
Do students ask you a lot about phrasal verbs specifically?
Oh, yeah.
Definitely.
Well, and it's interesting because for IELTS phrasal verbs are a little too informal for like writing.
Task two
But you definitely want to be using them on speaking to get that variety of vocabulary you need, especially in part one.
Because they are more informal, right?
But they are, they're hard to learn.
Often we'll have a student just give me a few and say explain to me the differences, because I've Googled these and there's all this information and I still don't really understand.
So we'll go over example sentences, just like we're going to go over today and today's podcast, to make sure that you understand how to use these.
Yeah.
And so what do you tell students in terms of how to learn them?
Should we be learning them in conversation and context?
Should we be memorizing them?
How do we learn these?
So there are different strategies.
You have to learn them in context.
If you add a phrasal verb to like a vocab list, a vocab notebook, you have to include it in a sentence.
A couple example sentences, with some like the.
You know the meaning, of course, and then use it right away.
That's the key with learning new vocab.
Don't leave it to gather dust on a list.
Use it when you speak until you're very comfortable with it and understand what it means and are confident using it.
Yes, we definitely don't want our notes gathering dust.
Definitely don't.
Get it in that brain, get it useful, make use of it, engage with the world using those words.
So let's go into it.
Let's give our listeners three phrasal verbs that they can write down today using go.
So what's the first one today, Aubrey?
Yeah, the first one I actually just used without thinking about it to go over, right?
I'm talking about how we're going to go over these phrasal verbs today.
It means you're going to discuss them, explain them, cover, talk about them, right?
It just means you're going to provide some information.
Yeah, I think this is one that teachers use a lot in the classroom, right?
And let's go over the homework from last night, right?
You know kids come in with their homework.
That kind of it really makes me think of school, this phrasal verb.
Quite a bit.
For sure.
I think it's one of those things.
Now that you have learned what it means, you'll hear it everywhere, like in class.
If you're taking an online class, you're definitely going to hear your teacher tell you that.
Okay, it's time to go over the results of this exam.
Exactly.
I love that.
And then the next one is to go through.
Now, how is this different?
So this is more in detail, right?
If you're going to go through maybe, a contract where you're going to break things down line by line.
This is very much you know.
You're getting into the nitty gritty details of something.
If you say, let's go through this here.
Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, I was just reading through.
Let's see.
A good example would be on Sunday.
We almost bought a house last week.
We didn't buy a house, but we almost did.
And so we needed a family member to go through the contract with us in a lot of depth, because it's the first time I've never seen a mortgage contract before.
Right.
And so to go through every line, what does this mean?
What does this mean?
It completely freaked me out.
Yes.
I know that's big.
It's a big decision.
You don't want to.
It's kind of scary to sign your life away.
And it's a stack of papers two inches tall.
Can I really read this word for word?
Yeah.
And then I get kind of bored.
I tune out.
I'm like, I can't tune out.
I have to read what this is because it matters.
Oh, my gosh.
What am I agreeing to?
What am I signing off on?
So anything that requires that level of depth, you want to go through it, right?
You're not so much going over it.
You're going over it, too.
But you're really going through it because through implies through implies immersion.
Yes, exactly.
Really immersing yourself in something.
And we also use this talking about practicing something.
If I were, if I would go through a piece on the piano I'm like okay, I'm going to go through this really quick.
It means I'm practicing it.
I'm playing it.
I'm going to play it over and over and over until I know it well.
Okay, so in that case, it could also mean to practice something too.
Or if you have your, maybe you're an actor, an actress, and you're getting ready to go on.
You go through your lines, right?
Or just go over to but yeah, so these are very similar guys.
They're interchangeable, go over and go through, but this is good.
This is good.
Yeah.
It's just the level of detail.
I feel like, right.
If you're like, okay, I got to go over my lines really quick.
I'm about to go on.
Whereas maybe the night before you would go through your lines with another person in detail.
Right.
And I think about the contract you were talking about.
If you were like, I'm going to go over this contract.
They are not really talking about a level of detail there.
But if you're going to really go through the contract, you're reading every page.
Completely.
That is so good.
All right.
We've got one more go phrasal verb for our listeners.
And this one's fun because it's all about action, right?
Taking action.
What is it, Aubrey?
Yes, to go for.
You'll definitely hear the phrase go for it.
If you're thinking about doing something as a way of encouraging, we'll say, yeah, go for it.
Yes, that's so good.
Go for it, right?
Maybe you've set an ambitious goal, something you want to do.
You want to, I don't know, we want to change industries, work in a new field.
You want to do something exciting.
Your friends would say, yeah, you should really go for it.
Yes.
And we also use this a lot.
Like, if we're eating out, if we're choosing what we would eat at a restaurant, you might say what are you going to go for?
You say, oh, I'm going to go for the spaghetti.
Right.
And that's another way of saying I'm going to choose.
This is what I'm going to choose to eat.
This is what I'm going to go for.
Right.
And then, you know, you might ask someone's opinion and they might say I haven't tried it, but go for it.
Right.
Go for it.
Totally.
There's that chunk to a lot of chunks going on here that we want you guys to know and to use and also to listen for.
You're going to hear these out there in the world of native English speakers.
So write them down when you hear them.
Exactly.
Use them.
Use them in context.
Practice intentionally with a speaking partner.
Be like, let's go over these new phrasal verbs I learned so that I can use them.
Yes.
I love it.
So good.
All right.
Well, that is it for today, guys.
In the next one, we're going to talk about what you can do if you panic in English.
What you can do in that moment if you start to feel that you are panicking.
So good.
I can't wait.
You need strategies if you start feel that panic coming on.
I know.
Totally.
So we'll see you on the next one, Aubrey.
Thanks for hanging out today.
Yes.
Bye.
Bye.
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