🚀 Grammar B1-20: Phrasal verbs: extended

The B1 phrasal-verb material of the Fleydo grammar series, built on the A2 foundation and going three steps beyond it. Step one is a new working set of fourteen high-value verbs for plans, journeys, problems and hobbies — set off, take off, turn up, put off, carry on, run out of, get over, look up, sort out, work out, give up, take up, come across and break down — each with a plain-English meaning and a full example, plus the second meanings that make B1 reading tricky: a plan takes off, a friend turns up, a sum works out. Step two names the grammar that A2 only gestured at: separable verbs open in the middle and a pronoun object must use that opening (sort it out), while inseparable verbs are welded shut (get over it, come across it) — a formula, a four-question decision procedure and two worked runs make the distinction mechanical. The welded three-part family gets its own section: look forward to, get on with, put up with, run out of and catch up with never separate, and after their final preposition a verb wears -ing — looking forward to seeing you, the most-tested line in polite English. Step three is register: put off against postpone, carry on against continue, a text message set against a school letter, with a verdict on choosing the voice for the reader. A tap-and-explain story about a charity quiz night that goes wrong and gets rescued puts twelve of the verbs to work. Practice runs to thirty-six explained multiple-choice items across five sets, ten verbs to sort into opens-versus-welded, six real errors to repair and three traps. Teacher notes give a 45-minute sequence, a card-rack board move, the stuck-learner rescue and the Cambridge B1 Preliminary relevance.