Phrasal Verbs: Change and Progress
Change and progress phrasal verbs is the B2 collection covering transformation and personal development. Grow up (mature), grow into (become suited to), grow apart (become distant), go through (experience), get over (recover from), settle down (commit to one place/lifestyle), branch out (expand into new areas), move on (progress past), catch up (reach the same level as others), pick up (acquire), bring about (cause), come around (change one’s mind). Learners build the change phrasal-verb range.
This worksheet builds B2 fluency with change and progress phrasal verbs.
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What’s inside:
- A phrasal-verb bank with 20 change verbs
- Multiple-choice items targeting transformation meaning
- Gap-fill in personal-development and analytical contexts
- Production task: describe a personal change using three phrasal verbs
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Particle precision at B2 — grow up (mature) vs grow into (become suited to) vs grow apart (become distant) — same verb, three different change meanings. Get over (recover) vs get on (manage). Idiomatic: come around (change one’s mind) is fully opaque; bring about (cause) is semi-transparent.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and C1 Advanced (CAE) Reading-Use of English. Part of the Learning, Change & Mixed Practice collection — the natural next step is Phrasal Verbs: Separable vs Inseparable.
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