Category: Work & Money

Work and career phrasal verbs is the B1–B2 collection covering professional advancement, change, and dynamics. Take on (hire; assume responsibility), lay off (dismiss for redundancy), step down (resign from leadership), call off (cancel), draw up (prepare formally), put off (postpone), follow up (pursue after initial contact), set up (establish), fall behind (lag), stand in for (substitute), take over (assume control), get ahead (advance). Learners build the workplace phrasal-verb range.

This worksheet builds B1–B2 fluency with work and career phrasal verbs.

What’s inside:

• A phrasal-verb bank with 22 workplace verbs
• Multiple-choice items targeting workplace-specific meaning
• Gap-fill in workplace contexts (emails, performance reviews, meetings)
• Production task: describe a workplace change using three phrasal verbs
• Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

Common challenges: Particle precision at B1–B2 — take on (neutral hiring or responsibility) vs take over (often hostile acquisition). Lay off (no-fault dismissal) vs fire (for-cause dismissal). Register: phrasal verbs in workplace English are sometimes informal; Latinate equivalents (hire, dismiss, resign, postpone) are formal.

For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study — particularly professionals. Maps onto BEC Vantage and Cambridge B2 First (FCE). Part of the Work & Money collection — the natural next step is Phrasal Verbs: Work and Office.

Money phrasal verbs is the B1–B2 collection covering financial actions. Pay off (clear a debt fully), pay back (return money to a person), pay in (deposit money), pay out (release a sum), get by (manage with limited money), get away with (escape consequences), put aside (save for later), come into (inherit), run out of (deplete), splash out (spend lavishly), save up (accumulate savings), take out (withdraw; borrow), write off (cancel a debt). Learners build the financial phrasal-verb fluency.

This worksheet builds B1–B2 fluency with money phrasal verbs.

What’s inside:

• A phrasal-verb bank with 20 money verbs
• Multiple-choice items targeting financial-context precision
• Gap-fill in banking and personal-finance contexts
• Production task: describe your spending or saving habits using three phrasal verbs
• Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

Common challenges: Particle precision in money verbs — pay off (loan), pay back (person), pay in (deposit), pay out (release) — each has a distinct meaning. Direction matters: splash out (spend) vs save up (save). False friends: German zahlen maps to pay, but specific German particle verbs (einzahlen, auszahlen, zurückzahlen) don’t map one-to-one.

For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and BEC Vantage. Part of the Work & Money collection — the natural next step is Phrasal Verbs: Work and Career.

Work and office phrasal verbs is the B1–B2 collection covering daily office life. Log on, sort out (organise), write up (produce formally), hand in (submit), hand over (transfer responsibility), deal with (handle), sign off (approve), drop in (visit casually), pop in (visit briefly), get on with (continue working), carry out (perform), fill in (complete a form; inform someone). Learners build the everyday office phrasal-verb fluency.

This worksheet builds B1–B2 fluency with work and office phrasal verbs.

What’s inside:

• A phrasal-verb bank with 20 office verbs
• Multiple-choice items targeting workplace context
• Gap-fill in everyday office contexts
• Production task: describe a typical workday using five phrasal verbs
• Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

Common challenges: Distinguishing similar verbs at B1–B2 — hand in (submit) vs hand over (transfer responsibility) vs hand out (distribute). Drop in vs pop in (both casual visits; pop in is briefer). Register: most office phrasal verbs are casual-to-neutral, fine in spoken meetings and informal email, careful with formal writing.

For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) and BEC Vantage. Part of the Work & Money collection — the natural next step is Phrasal Verbs: Money.