Phrasal verbs
Overview
In this intermediate-level ESL lesson, students will tackle the topic of phrasal verbs, focusing specifically on those incorporating the particles on, up, and in. They will explore a variety of common examples, learning how these small additions can significantly change the meaning of a verb.
The lesson plan includes a sample boardwork that offers one way to present the target language. Following this introduction, students will engage in several low-resource classroom activities encouraging collaborative writing and speaking. To wrap up the lesson, we play a game, providing students with a fun and interactive way to review and reinforce their understanding of phrasal verbs.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The students review some of the more common types of phrasal verbs that they will encounter.
Use this board to highlight a couple of common phrasal constructions to your students. Step through some examples of phrasal verbs with objects, before moving onto prepositions. Encourage your students to keep a list of phrasal verbs at the back of their notebooks.
A funny sentence
A group writing activity where students attempt to come up with humorous usage examples of different phrasal verbs.
A phrasal story
For this writing activity, students will work together to make a story using all of the phrasal verbs from a list.
Phrasal mime
Students will take turns miming some common phrasal verbs.
Classroom games
Hot seat: Phrasal verbs
Players have to describe a phrasal verb to their teammate in the hot seat.
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1100+ Printable ESL flashcards
180+ ESL lesson plans
8 Distinct language levels
Offline access through the TEFLHandbook app
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