Phrasal Verbs EAP Worksheets, Activities & Games

EAP Phrasal Verbs Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Forming Sentences, Freer Practice - Group Work In this academic phrasal verbs game, students race to complete sentences with phrasal verbs commonly used in academic contexts. First, students match academic phrasal verbs to their definitions. Next, in groups, students play two games in which they race to complete sentences with the correct academic phrasal verb. Players take turns choosing to 'Swap' or 'Play'. If the player says 'Swap', they take a phrasal verb card from another player, give one of their own cards in return and their turn ends. If the player says 'Play', they select a phrasal verb card from their hand to complete a sentence on the table, reading the full sentence aloud. If the phrasal verb correctly completes the sentence, the player wins the pair of cards. The player then takes a new phrasal verb card from the pile and adds it to their hand. If not, play passes to the next student. The player with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. In the second game, students take turns playing again, choosing to 'Swap' or 'Play' as before. However, when a player successfully matches and completes a sentence, they then create their own example sentence using the same phrasal verb. If the group agrees that the match is right and the sentence is grammatically correct and appropriate, the player wins the pair of cards. If not, play passes to the next student. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game is the winner.​ show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Impromptu Speech, Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work In this enjoyable academic phrasal verbs board game, students practice using commonly used phrasal verbs and answer questions about their studies and academic experiences. In groups, players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a square, another student picks up a card and reads out the sentence using the word 'blank' for the phrasal verb in bold, e.g. 'She BLANK an interesting idea during the seminar.' The player listens to the sentence, chooses a phrasal verb from the game board, and says it aloud to complete the sentence, e.g. put forward. If the player says the correct phrasal verb shown on the card, they stay on the square. If not, they move their counter back two squares. If a player lands on a question square, they talk for 30 seconds in response to the question to remain on the square. If the student stops talking or can't think of anything to say, they go back two squares. The first player to reach the finish wins the game. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Binary Choice, Rewriting Sentences In this free academic phrasal verb worksheet, students practice commonly used phrasal verbs for academic contexts. Students start by matching phrasal verbs in sentences to their definitions. Students then use the phrasal verbs to complete a conversation. Next, students underline the correct phrasal verb to complete each sentence. Lastly, students rewrite sentences by replacing verbs with the phrasal verbs. show less

EAP Study-Related Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Binary Choice, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity and Game: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this academic phrasal verbs worksheet, students practice the study-related phrasal verbs: hand in, go over, look up, write down, catch up, drop out, put off, give up, join in, and sign up. First, students read a text about study habits that shows the phrasal verbs in context. Students then write the phrasal verbs from the text next to their definitions. Next, students underline the correct phrasal verb in each sentence. After that, students match halves to form sentences that contain the study-related phrasal verbs. Students then move on to complete sentences with the phrasal verbs. In pairs, students then ask and answer conversation questions about study habits. Finally, students play a guessing game in pairs to practice the study-related phrasal verbs. Students take turns reading a sentence to their partner, replacing the study-related phrasal verb in bold with the word 'Coffeepot.' Their partner then has one chance to guess the missing phrasal verb. For each correct guess, students award their partner one point. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Game - Vocabulary, Reading and Writing: Matching, Forming Sentences from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group Work In this engaging academic phrasal verbs game, students race to pair verbs with prepositions to form phrasal verbs and then match them to definitions and use them in sentences. Start the game by calling out a verb from the cards. Teams then race to find the correct preposition and definition cards to form an academic phrasal verb. When a team thinks they have matched three cards together (verb + preposition + definition), they raise their hands. The first team to match the cards correctly scores two points. Next, teams have two minutes to write a sentence using the phrasal verb in an academic context. When the time limit has been reached, each team reads their sentence aloud. Award one point for using the phrasal verb in the correct context and one point for grammatical accuracy. The game continues until all the academic phrasal verbs have been matched and used in sentences. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work In this useful academic phrasal verbs speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions with study-related phrasal verbs. First, in two groups, students complete conversation questions with academic phrasal verbs from a box, changing the verb form as needed. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking the conversation questions to their partner, who responds accordingly. For the first question in each set, students include the corresponding phrasal verb in their response. Afterwards, students share what they found out about their partner with the class. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Game - Vocabulary: Quiz, Guessing - Group Work In this academic phrasal verbs quiz game, students guess phrasal verbs from clues. Choose a square to start the game, e.g. 'Research and Methods' for 100 points. Read the clue for the phrasal verb, e.g. 'to do an experiment.' The first student to raise their hand and give the correct academic phrasal verb (e.g. carry out) wins that square for their team and the number of points shown in the square. Write the winning team's name in the square. If a student gives an incorrect answer, their team is out for that question and may only answer again if all other teams answer incorrectly. The winning team then chooses the next square, and all the teams raise their hands to answer, as before. At the end of the game, add up the points for each team. The team with the most points wins the game. As a variation, when a student answers correctly, the winning team tries to make a sentence with the academic phrasal verb. If they do this successfully, the points for the square are doubled. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Rewriting Sentences - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this informative phrasal verbs worksheet, students practice academic phrasal verbs used in research and academic writing. First, students read a text about research projects. Students then match sentence halves to complete key ideas from the text. Next, students match phrasal verbs from the text to their definitions. After that, students rewrite sentences by replacing the underlined verb with a phrasal verb. Finally, students discuss five questions with a partner using the target phrasal verbs and specific examples. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Matching, Gap-fill, Paragraph Writing - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this academic phrasal verbs worksheet, students learn and practice phrasal verbs commonly used in humanities subjects. First, students read a text and discuss two questions with a partner. Students then re-read the text, underline ten phrasal verbs and use context clues to discuss the meaning of each one with their partner. Next, students write phrasal verbs from the text next to their synonyms. After that, students match the phrasal verbs to noun phrases. Afterwards, students complete four questions with phrasal verbs in their correct form. Students then ask and answer the questions in pairs. Next, students complete an extract from a research paper with the target phrasal verbs, using each phrasal verb once. Finally, students write a short paragraph explaining to what extent the points made in the extract reflect their personal experience, using at least five phrasal verbs from the worksheet. show less

EAP Phrasal Verbs Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Matching, Categorising, Gap-fill, Rewriting Sentences, Writing a Paragraph - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Communicative Practice - Pair Work In this insightful academic phrasal verbs worksheet, students learn and practice phrasal verbs commonly used in science subjects. First, students read a text about phrasal verbs and discuss two questions with a partner. Students then re-read the text, underline ten phrasal verbs and use context clues to discuss their meanings in pairs. Next, students match the phrasal verbs to their definitions. After that, students complete a table by adding two phrasal verbs under each heading. Following that, students complete presentation notes with the phrasal verbs in their correct form, using each phrasal verb once. Next, students rewrite sentences by replacing the underlined verb with a phrasal verb. Students then write a paragraph about a recent science experiment using at least five phrasal verbs from the worksheet. Finally, students share and discuss their paragraphs with a partner. show less