Good morning, readers! Let’s look into some phrasal verbs today?

If you have been studying English for a while, you have definitely bumped into the so-called phrasal verbs. Although intimidating at first, there is nothing to fear! Phrasal verbs are nothing but a verb followed by a particle  (either a preposition or an adverb) that alters its meaning. For example: give up, turn off, break up. See how simple it is? The list of phrasal verbs can be endless, so the best thing to do is try to learn little by little and always practice. 

So today we are going to start by going over some phrasal verbs with the verb look. Let’s look over them?

LOOK AFTER – to take care of something or someone temporarily

• My sister has three children. It is so hard to look after them all day .
• While I was traveling to the beach, my neighbor looked after my dog for me. 
• Will you look after my bag quickly while I go to the bathroom?

LOOK AT – to examine something or someone

• What are you looking at? 
• Look at that bird! It’s so beautiful!
• Don’t look at me like that, I’m very shy.

LOOK FOR – to search something, try to find

• Can you help me look for my keys? I don’t know where I put them. 
• Where have you been? I spent the whole morning looking for you! 
• My brother is an architect but he is not working at the moment. He is looking for a job .  

LOOK FORWARD TO – to have good expectations about something that is going to happen in the future

• My son is looking forward to his birthday because we’re having a big party. 
• I am really looking forward to my vacation in Paris, I just love that city. 
• Are you looking forward to the weekend? 

LOOK UP – to search for specific information in a book, dictionary or online

• If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in the dictionary. 
• I want to order pizza. Can you look up their phone number on the internet? 
• I don’t know the hotel address, but I will look it up right now.

I’m looking forward to knowning what you think about this post! 

Want to practice more? Here are some related posts:

Useful phrasal verbs in English

Expressing your anger in English

Have a good weekend!