Amazingly
Easy Phrasal Verbs is one of the most ambitious books that I (George) have
written.
When
teaching, I found that many students hated learning
phrasal verbs and found them very difficult to remember and learn so I set
about trying to understand why and to do something about it.
Firstly,
the problems that I identified were:
Typically,
phrasal verb books:
- introduce a lot of phrasal
verbs at one time
- mix similar looking phrasal
verbs with very different meanings - e.g. put off, put down etc.
- separate the core verb from the
particle - e.g. put __.
- give only unconnected, single
sentence examples of use
- list hundreds, if not thousands
of phrasal verbs
Amazingly
Easy Phrasal Verbs does it differently by:
- focussing on the most
important, modern and used phrasal verbs
- placing phrasal verbs within a
single, ongoing story - one of the oldest and best learning techniques
known to man! (and woman)
- introduces one new phrasal verb
per paragraph
- repeats this showing its
different uses and collocations
- introduces just 5 -7 phrasal
verbs per chapter (the optimum number of pieces of new information that
can be learnt at once)
- provides chapter by chapter
tests to reinforce and check understanding
What’s
more:
- Phrasal verbs in this book are
always shown in their complete form - e.g. run up, put down.
- Never, ever mixed with other
similar looking or sounding phrasal verbs that have totally different
meanings and uses - what’s the sense in doing that?
- Using the radical yet highly
practical learning method provided in this book, you’ll learn like a
native, remembering naturally and always use them correctly.
Here’s a
sample:
Put up
with - tolerate
Alan could
put up with almost anything. He could put up with toothache. He could put up
with the neighbour’s dog barking. He could put up with having no money or car;
he could even put up with Terry’s awful jokes but he didn’t know for how long
he would be able to put up with Demetrius. Well, thought Alan, no point getting
stressed, I’ll just have to put up with him until I can create a plan to
set him up and send him back.
Are you
very tolerant? What things do you find it hard to put up with?
