(yeah, we got that by now, right?)
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Well, basically there are around 10,000 phrasal verbs in the English language and English speakers tend to use the phrasal verbs at a higher frequency.
Here are a few reasons why phrasal verbs are actually crucial for any English learner!(as adapted from http://learnenglishfromhome.blogspot.com)
number one: spoken English is literally packed with phrasal verbs. Although there’s nothing wrong with using formal words like ‘to extinguish’ and ‘to dismantle’, using their phrasal verb versions ‘to put out’ and ‘to take apart’ is so much easier in a conversation!
number two: phrasal verbs are being used all across the daily routines in life: You would ask your boss: “Would you like me to break down the first quarter’s sales figures as well?”, your mother " What time will you come back, Mum?", your friend "Please switch off the lights, please.
last but not least: As you saw in the example with the phrasal verb ‘to break down’, you can easily substitute a string of long words with a single phrasal verb. That makes the English conversation natural and fluent, and you have to agree that spoken English fluency is one of your English language study’s main goals! ;)
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