Phrasal verbs indicate an action.
They are commonly used in everyday English, usually in informal contexts. 

Phrasal verbs have different meanings; therefore, it is important to learn as many phrasal verbs as you can in order to improve your everyday spoken English.

Phrasal verbs are made up of a verb and a participle or two participles. The participle can be a preposition or an adverb. 

Phrasal verbs are made up of a verb and a preposition, an adverb, or both.

Verb + preposition
➜ E.g. The bus broke down yesterday
The verb is ‘broke’, and the preposition is ‘up’. The phrasal verb “broke down” means not working.

Verb + adverb
➜ E.g. The babysitter looks after the kids on the weekends.
The verb is ‘looks’, and the adverb is ‘after’. The phrasal verb “looks after” means to take care of someone or something.

Verb + adverb + preposition
➜ E.g. Jim broke up with Sally.
The verb is ‘broke’, the adverb is ‘up’, and the preposition is ‘with’.
The phrasal verb “broke up with” means to end a relationship.

Here are a list of common phrasal verbs:

• Break into
• Break off
• Bring back
• Call off
• Carry on
• Come about
• Come across
• Come back
• Dive into
• Dress up
• End up
• Find out
• Get along
• Get away with
• Give away
• Give up
• Go over
• Hang out
• Hang up
• Hold on
• Let down
• Look around
• Look up
• Move in
• Move out
• Pass out
• Read through
• Set off
• Sit down
• Stop over
• Turn around
• Turn off
• Wait on
• Work out

Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseperable. 

Separable phrasal verbs are phrasal verbs in which the verb and participle can either be together or apart.

➜ E.g. I put on my coat. 

➜ E.g. I put my coat on. 

Non-separable phrasal verbs are phrasal verbs in which the verb and participle can’t be separated. 

➜ E.g. I’m looking into the problem.