Day 25: phrasal verb conversation

I can't believe we've managed to reach day 25 without touching on phrasal verbs!

Now, it's very common to distinguish between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs. Personally, I don't like going into that distinction (I wonder just how much classifying is necessary for one to be proficient), although we must be able to tell them apart for practical purposes, that is, for knowing when we can "split" the verb and preposition with the object pronoun. If you want to know what I'm talking about, you can check an entry like this one here.

I came across this entry on a business English blog and it gave me an idea for today's challenge: it's a list of 15 phrasal verbs for a "coffee break at work" situation. As you will see if you click on the link, the author of the blog gives you a full conversation where all 15 phrasal verbs on her list are used.


So, here's the challenge:  

 - Find below a list of phrasal verbs we use when talking about travel. Look them up here if you need help with the meaning. 

 - Make up a conversation where you use all the verbs on the list. 

 - Share the conversation with us in the comments. 

 - How many phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs can you find in this entry (not counting the list?)


On your marks, get set, go!



Fifteen phrasal verbs to talk about travel:

 Set off
Get away
Take off
Pick up
Drop off
Check in
Check out
See off
Get off
Get in
Touch down
Stop over
Stop off
Look around
Happen along (by)


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  1. EvelitaApril 9, 2020 at 6:31 AM

    Hello everyone!

    Here's my dialogue :-)


    Ana: Hi, Pablo! What time do you get off? Do you want me to drop you off at the airport?

    Pablo: I’d certainly appreciate it, Ana! I’m looking forward to set off!

    Ana: I can very well imagine, I can’t wait to get away in a couple of weeks! So, what time do you want me to pick you up?

    Pablo: Well... My plane is suppossed to take off at 12:00, so I’d rather be around 10:00 to check in. What about 9 in my place?

    Ana: Great! Are you stopping over or is it a direct flight to Buenos Aires?

    Pablo: I’ll stop off in New York for around 10 hours and I’ll do my best to spend some time looking around Manhattan.

    Ana: Hope you enjoy it! I can remenber when I was in that luxury hotel in Manhattan and you happened along just when I was about to check out!

    Pablo: Hahaha! Yes… nice old days! I tried to contact you after touching down to let you know that I was I was on my way to your hotel, but I had lost my phone!! And then the train didn’t get in the station in time…

    Ana: Pablo, you know I’ll never believe that story, don’t you?

    Pablo: You should! Ok… let’s not go all over it again. See you in while around here. By the way… I’m happy to know you’ll see me off at the airport.

    Ana: So am I! See you soon!

    I have found six phrasal verbs and 3 prepositional verbs (although I'm not sure whether I put them in the right category...)

    Phrasal verbs: touch on, go into, tell something apart, come across, look up, make up,

    Prepositional verbs: distinguish between, talk about, clic on,

    Thank you, Bea!!!



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    1. Shall I compare thee...April 9, 2020 at 8:31 AM

      I love your dialogue, Evelia!

      And good eye to spot the ones I had written! Touch on and go into are prepositional verbs.

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  2. fdgcApril 9, 2020 at 10:37 AM

    Hi,

    I didn´t know about these two categories of verbs. I did know about idiomatic and non-idiomatic phrasal verbs with particles, prepositions or combinations of both. Anyhow, I like calling things by their real name.

    To the naked eye, I thought this challenge was to be easier, but it has took me more than expected to fit the verbs in the dialog. This is the result:

    Susan: By the way, your parents have come home this morning.
    John: Really? Did they want anything?
    Susan: Nothing in particular, they just happened along. They told me that they´ll see us off at the airport. I can´t believe we´re traveling to Hawaii this Friday, I can´t wait to set off.
    John: Yes, it´s going to be great. This season has been rather tough at work; I feel I really need to get away. Speaking about that, what time do we have to get off?
    Susan: My sister Laura can drop us off the airport on her way to work, so leaving at seven o’clock will be enough, since we have to check in an hour and half in advance and our fight takes off at nine o´clock.
    John: Ok. And, what time is the plane due to touch down?
    Susan: Which flight do you mean? Because you know that we have to stop over in L.A.
    John: Yes, I mean in Hawaii.
    Susan: I expect we´ll be landing there about eight p.m. local time. Taking into account that nobody is going to pick us up, if could manage to take the bus that gets in at 8:30 p.m. we would make it to the hotel not further than nine.
    John: And regarding the stop-over, do you think we´ll have time to look around the city? I´ve never been to L.A.
    Susan: Forget about it. We´ll be there for only two hours, therefore we won´t be able to leave the airport.
    John: I believe we´ve made a mistake here, we should´ve planned the trip to stop off at L.A. for a couple of days.
    Susan: BS! I want to spend as much time as I can in Hawaii. Time flies and we´ll be checking out without almost realizing.
    John: All right! That was only a suggestion. Anyhow, I sure we´ll have a lot of fun there.

    In regard with the verbs of the entry, I have found these:
    Phrasal verbs: tell apart, come across, look up, make up,
    Prepositional verbs: touch on, distinguish between, go into, talk about, click on, find in

    I´ve had doubts about "manage to", but I think it doesn´t fit in any of these categories, since "to" here is not a preposition but a particle of the infinitive.

    Thank you Bea for keeping bringing us new things. I can´t believe we´re at day 25. I think I´m going to miss this when it ends.

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