Phrasal verbs and collocations you actually hear: guided B1 practice

The language problem this module solves

Phrasal verbs and collocations you actually hear moves from controlled examples to independent use under time or audience pressure. The opening lesson focuses on this outcome: Uses 12 to 15 daily-routine phrasal verbs in true sentences about own day. The checkpoint asks for this wider result: Passes a 10-item quiz; records "my day in phrasal verbs" using 8+ targets. Keep your first attempt so you can compare clarity, accuracy and control at the end.

Level: B1. This module contains 5 connected lessons. Follow the order when the topic is new, or use the lesson map to repair one specific gap.

The lesson map

What useful practice looks like

• Wake up to switch off: phrasal verbs at home: Uses 12 to 15 daily-routine phrasal verbs in true sentences about own day.
• Hand in, catch up, put off: work and study: Uses 12 to 15 work/study phrasal verbs in a spoken status update.
• Top up, run out, scroll through: phones and being online: Uses 10 to 12 phone/online phrasal verbs; locally real situations (mobile balance top-up, data running out).

Use true information where possible. A sentence about your own routine, work or plans is easier to remember than a sentence copied from a model.

A study routine for Phrasal verbs and collocations you actually hear

1. Read the outcome for Wake up to switch off: phrasal verbs at home before the examples.
2. Say or write one model, then change at least two details.
3. Complete the quiz before opening its answer panels.
4. Use the module checkpoint to produce Checkpoint: use them or lose them independently.
5. Return only to the lesson that matches the error you found.

How the lessons work together

Phrasal verbs and collocations you actually hear is a sequence, not a folder of unrelated pages. Wake up to switch off: phrasal verbs at home establishes the first usable move. Later lessons add control, choice and time pressure. Checkpoint: use them or lose them asks you to combine the module without copying an answer.

• Wake up to switch off: phrasal verbs at home: Uses 12 to 15 daily-routine phrasal verbs in true sentences about own day
• Hand in, catch up, put off: work and study: Uses 12 to 15 work/study phrasal verbs in a spoken status update
• Top up, run out, scroll through: phones and being online: Uses 10 to 12 phone/online phrasal verbs; locally real situations (mobile balance top-up, data running out)
• Make, do, take, get: collocations that sound right: Picks the right delexical verb in the 20 highest-frequency collocations

Keep one piece of evidence from the first lesson and improve the same piece at the checkpoint. That comparison shows more than a quiz score because it records what changed in your own language.

Use Phrasal verbs and collocations you actually hear beyond the course

After the checkpoint, change one variable: the listener, purpose, channel or time pressure. Keep the central meaning from Make, do, take, get: collocations that sound right while adapting the delivery. This shows whether the language is available outside the model.

If the result becomes unclear, compare it with the outcome for the exact lesson involved. Correct that gap instead of restarting unrelated work.

Start or continue the module

Your progress is saved on this device only.

1. 1Wake up to switch off: phrasal verbs at home19 min, Not complete
2. 2Hand in, catch up, put off: work and study20 min, Not complete
3. 3Top up, run out, scroll through: phones and being online18 min, Not complete
4. 4Make, do, take, get: collocations that sound right19 min, Not complete
5. 5Checkpoint: use them or lose them20 min, Not complete

How to know you are ready to continue

Do not judge readiness by reading speed. You are ready when you can complete the checkpoint task with a clear message, understandable language and no copied answer. A small number of errors is normal at B1; errors should not hide your meaning.

If the checkpoint is difficult, repeat the lesson whose outcome matches the problem. That is faster than restarting the whole module.