A phrasal verb is a verb plus a particle. A particle is a small word like up, down, in or off that joins the verb and changes its meaning. Learners often avoid phrasal verbs, or translate from their own language and say "close the light", "open the TV" or "write my number on paper". In this episode: • Up: finishing and increasing • Down, and round and over • In and out: entering, leaving, giving, solving • On and off: continuing, wearing, starting and stopping • Listening lab • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: eat up — finish all your food: Eat up your peas. tidy up — make everything neat: Tidy up your room before Nan arrives. use up — use all of it: We've used up all the milk. fill up — make full: Fill up the kettle, will you? turn it up — make it louder or hotter: Can you turn the heating up? speak up — speak louder: Speak up, Nan can't hear you. hurry up — be quicker: Hurry up, we'll miss the bus! turn it down — make it quieter or cooler: Turn the music down, the baby's asleep. calm down — relax: Calm down, it's only a spider. slow down — go slower: Slow down, you're walking too fast. write it down — put it on paper: Write my number down. come round — visit: Come round for tea on Saturday. pop round — make a short visit (casual): I'll pop round later. come over — visit: Do you want to come over? have friends round — invite them home: We're having some friends round on Saturday. come in — enter: Come in, the door's open! get in the car — enter a car get out of the car — leave a car fill in — complete a form: Can you fill in this form? Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.