The Phrasal Verbs Machine
- At Cambridge University Press, we know that Phrasal verbs are complicated for non-native English speakers to learn and use. We also know that it's essential to use them if we want our writing and speaking to sound natural. However, studying unending lists doesn't seem to be the best way to learn and use them efficiently. Phrasal verbs are, more than anything, action. And action must be visual. The more visually stimulating the learning, the better we will understand and assimilate the phrasal verbs.
- That's why we decided to reach out to The Amazing Phraso, our phrasal verb expert, to see if he could help us with the visual part. In this application, we can find animated illustrations of 100 phrasal verbs set in the circus world of our main character Phraso and his friends.
- Frequently, phrasal verbs can have more than one meaning. In the examples we've chosen, you can sometimes find the most common and well-known meaning while other times we use the more obscure one. In any case, you can always find an example sentence in English and the translation into five different languages. We've also included other meanings when they are useful or necessary to fully understand the phrasal verb.
- We hope that the Phrasal Verbs Machine will help you lose your fear of phrasal verbs and show you that, with the right tools, using them is easier than it looks. We hope you find it useful!
Category : Education
Reviews (30)
During exercises when I click on a wrong answer there is no possibility to get a hint for the right solution. So the learning effect tends to zero. Aside from that you have to install Adobe Air which is completely unnecessary.
I have downloded this app. It gave me enough boost to strengthen my vocabulary. Still I am learning and exercising on it. It is very good and useful app for beginners and Pioneers. The main thing is that all the phrases were illustrated with suitable animations and easily notable diagrams.
It's a must have app for those who want to improve English. We found using phrasal verbs is very difficult when writing/speaking a correct and good English. I really thank the publisher and everyone who participates in the implementation of this excellent application.
When i select the option Phrasal view it opens but neither it shows the examples and translation nor the animation. When i click on view option suddenly it shuts down. Same here When i open the exercise option and just within few seconds the app shuts down plz fix it i am excited to use this app
If you can not learn by heart something and you have a great memory ,this app that's actually a game ,has exercises and a brief movie explains the meaning of each phrasal verb.though its hard to use it on a phone because of battery.it is very useful but better use it on a appropiate device or on a tablet.
Wish there could be more phrases. I hope you'll make an app like this that illustrates idioms :)
I wish if i could have stumbled upon this app long time ago, well done developers
I install it and it says I need adobe air, to use it... but then I check comparability on a computer and it indicates it is in fact compatible with all devices
Thank you very much we appreciate this hard work to make a glamourous app like that. It's perfect
Phrasal verbs are actually needed better than learning vocabularies, and phraso and his friends helped me a lot. Thanks
Hey its really wonderful app that I never seen... But some more words must be given to make d app excellent
I love this app very much. It helps my English correct. I am very proud of being a user of this app. LUNG DAM MAH MAH. Thank u very much.
It doesn't give me the right answers in exercises, and it doesn't collect my wrong answers. the font is hard to read.
Great graphics and info, but it doesn't allow to use, it closes itself without reason.
The app you brought about is trementously great. I wish it could have consisted more verbs than it has now. Foe ecample, the phrasel verb "bring about" is not included into it. The method of presenting them is also uniue and quite effective. I request the app developer team to add more phrasel verbs as much as it can with an updation. Regards.
It keeps on crashing on the exercise with the "click here to continue" image
To remember things our memory needs as many diverse associations as possible. This app perfectly provides some of them in phrasal verbs probably one of the most difficult area of English to master.
This is such a great app by which every one can learn full fledged English and can avoid regular common mistakes. This is useful to students also. So I recommend every one to install this app.
Amazing application. Cool graphical design. Interesting approach! A wish from me: it would be nice to have some goals. I do not have enough leisure interest.
I really thanking you..i like this app you made me(lazy fellow) to.write (appreciate) about you
Exactly what you need in order to get what particular phrasals mean! Phrasal verbs come alive..we should us this stuff in schools
As a TEFL teacher, I can highly recommend this free app by Cambridge. Phrasal verbs can be tricky to teach and difficult for the students to grasp, therefore this a fantastic extra resource to have in the arsenal. Did I mention that it is free?
It's a nice application but it kicks me out after 40 seconds or a minute. What am I supposed to do to make it work properly?
This is an -"oh my god" app. Thank you for make learning pha.verbs simplier
Also it is addictive.Eveyday I use it and it helps me a lot.However,I wish this software was uptaded.
Cambridge did not surprise me at all...
I usually don't rate any app but this is a stunning app ... I recommend it to all
After searching 4 to 5 words it abruptly stops annoying plz fix it and more
This app have just made phrasal verbs easier to remember. Im not a native american speaker, so it is hard for me to think what phrasal verb im gonna use. Tnx to this app, it helps me a lot. But I think we need more phrasal verb in this app.
I've never met a great app like this! Very interesting, it help us to memorize the phrasal verbs with short animation's meanings and it is very important because usually we forget the definition or the traduction of strange word but when we have in mental the picture it help us to remember the meaning of the world, and it's exactly the job of this app, help us to memorize not only by the definition or traduction of the phrasal verbs but also by a really interesting short animation of the meaning! Complement