PE-78: 40 Everyday Phrasal Verbs by Topic
The phrasal verbs you will actually use, grouped by situation — morning routine, school, friendships, travel, problems and phone calls.
PE-78: 40 Everyday Phrasal Verbs by Topic
PE-77 gave you the machinery. Now the useful part: which ones to learn first. There are thousands of phrasal verbs, but a small group does most of the daily work. Here are forty, grouped by the situation where you will meet them — because learning them by topic sticks far better than learning them alphabetically.
In this lesson you will learn
- 40 high-frequency phrasal verbs, grouped by topic
- How to use each one in a natural sentence
- Which ones are separable and which are not
- A method for learning them in small daily batches
1. Your daily routine
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| wake up | uygʻonmoq | I wake up at six. |
| get up | oʻrnidan turmoq | Then I get up slowly. |
| put on | kiymoq | Put on your coat. |
| take off | yechmoq | Take your shoes off. |
| get dressed | kiyinmoq | I get dressed quickly. |
| tidy up | tartibga solmoq | Tidy up your room! |
| go to bed | yotmoq | I go to bed at ten. |
I wake up at six, get up, put on my uniform and set off for school.
Soat oltida uygʻonaman, oʻrnimdan turaman, formamni kiyaman va maktabga joʻnayman.
2. School and study
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| look up | lugʻatdan qidirmoq | Look the word up. |
| write down | yozib olmoq | Write down the date. |
| hand in | topshirmoq | Hand in your essays. |
| find out | bilib olmoq | I want to find out the truth. |
| catch up (with) | yetib olmoq | I must catch up with the class. |
| work out | hisoblab chiqmoq | Can you work out the answer? |
| revise for | takrorlamoq | I'm revising for the test. |
3. People and friendships
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| get on (with) | chiqishmoq | I get on well with my sister. |
| fall out (with) | urishib qolmoq | They fell out last week. |
| make up | yarashmoq | Then they made up. |
| grow up | ulgʻaymoq | I grew up in Nukus. |
| look after | qaramoq | She looks after her grandmother. |
| bring up | tarbiyalamoq | My aunt brought me up. |
| take after | oʻxshamoq | He takes after his father. |
Afsona gets on well with everybody, and she really takes after her mother.
Afsona hamma bilan yaxshi chiqishadi va u onasiga juda oʻxshaydi.
4. Travel and moving around
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| set off | yoʻlga chiqmoq | We set off early. |
| get on / get off | chiqmoq / tushmoq | Get on the bus here. |
| get in / get out of | (mashinaga) kirmoq / chiqmoq | Get in the car. |
| pick up | olib ketmoq | I'll pick you up at eight. |
| drop off | tashlab ketmoq | Drop me off here, please. |
| check in | roʻyxatdan oʻtmoq | We checked in at the hotel. |
| take off | (samolyot) uchmoq | The plane took off late. |
5. Problems and solutions
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| break down | buzilmoq | The car broke down. |
| run out of | tugab qolmoq | We've run out of bread. |
| give up | tashlamoq, taslim boʻlmoq | Don't give up! |
| put off | keyinga qoldirmoq | They put off the meeting. |
| sort out | hal qilmoq | I'll sort it out. |
| deal with | shugʻullanmoq | Who deals with complaints? |
| put up with | chidamoq | I can't put up with this noise. |
Our bus broke down, so we had to put off the trip — but Jasur sorted it out and we didn't give up.
Avtobusimiz buzilib qoldi, shuning uchun sayohatni keyinga qoldirdik — lekin Jasur muammoni hal qildi va biz taslim boʻlmadik.
6. On the phone
| Phrasal verb | Oʻzbekcha | Example |
|---|---|---|
| call back | qayta qoʻngʻiroq qilmoq | I'll call you back. |
| hang up | goʻshakni qoʻymoq | Don't hang up! |
| hold on | kutib turmoq | Hold on a moment. |
| speak up | balandroq gapirmoq | Can you speak up? |
| get through (to) | ulanmoq | I couldn't get through. |
| cut off | uzilib qolmoq | We were cut off. |
7. How to learn them
- Five a day, by topic — not forty at once. One topic a week is plenty.
- Write your own sentence for each, about your own life. A verb you have used is worth ten you have read.
- Note the type (PE-77): separable or not? Try it with a pronoun — pick it up, look after her.
- Watch for them in films and songs. Once you know a phrasal verb, you start hearing it everywhere.
Practice
1 Complete: We've ? milk — can you buy some?
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run out of — it means the supply is finished.
2 What does this mean? He really takes after his grandfather.
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He resembles him — in looks or character. Nothing to do with taking or following.
3 Correct it: I'll pick up you at seven.
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I'll pick you up at seven. A pronoun goes in the middle of a separable phrasal verb (PE-77).
4 Choose: They ___ last month but ___ yesterday. (fall out / make up)
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They fell out last month but made up yesterday. Note both are irregular in the past: fell, made.
5 Describe your morning in three phrasal verbs.
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Model: I wake up at half past six, get up immediately and put on my school uniform.
Key words — Kalit soʻzlar
- To take afteroʻxshamoq
- To bring uptarbiyalamoq
- To get on withchiqishmoq
- To fall outurishib qolmoq
- To run out oftugab qolmoq
- To put offkeyinga qoldirmoq
- To sort outhal qilmoq
- To hand intopshirmoq
- To hold onkutib turmoq
- To speak upbalandroq gapirmoq
🎯 Remember this
- Learn them by topic, five at a time — not alphabetically.
- Never translate word by word: take after = resemble, bring up = raise.
- Pronouns still go in the middle: pick you up, sort it out.
- Three for the phone: hold on, call back, speak up.
- In formal writing, prefer the single-word version: postpone, discover.