English Phrasal Verbs

                                                         English Phrasal Verbs – 6 

Wake up

 Meaning:

-         stop sleeping, or make someone stop sleeping

-         to stop sleeping and open your eyes

-         to be awake from sleep

-         to awake from sleep. It is what we do when we open our eyes in the morning

                                         

 

For Example:

1.   James usually wakes up early.

2.   I wake up at 5 o’clock.

3.   My alarm clock rang and I woke up immediately.

4.   I wake up at 6 and then get up five minutes later.

5.   I wake up at 7:00 every morning, but I don’t get up until 7:15.

 

 

                                                                    Sleep in

 Meaning:

-         let yourself sleep later than usual in the morning

-         sleep longer than wanted

-         sleep longer than usual

-         to continue sleeping after the time that you usually wake up

-         remain asleep

                                                 

 

For Example:

1.   I love to sleep in on Saturdays. 

2.   I think I will sleep in tomorrow, so don’t bother to get up early.

3.   The whole family sleeps in on Sundays.

4.   Sunday mornings are for sleeping in.

5.   I was too tired to get up and go to school, so I just slept in.

6.   Kavin was so tired, he slept in all day.

 

                                                                    Drop off

Meaning:

-         begin or start to sleep

-         fall asleep easily, without intending to

-         to fall into a light sleep

-         a fall in the amount, number, or quality of something

                                    

 

For Example:

1.   He kept dropping off at his desk.

2.   I dropped off and missed the end of the film.

3.   Her popularity has dropped off recently.

4.   We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.

5.   I must have dropped off to sleep.

6.   I will drop you off on my way home.

7.   Rahul closed his eyes and dropped off to sleep.

 

                                                                    Go off

 Meaning:

-         go to sleep

-         to leave a place

-         the alarm makes a noise to wake you up

-         start to dislike

-         not fresh

-         explode

-         shut off electric power or a machine

                  

For Example:

1.   I had just gone off to sleep when the phone rang. 

2.   My alarm goes off at 5:00 a.m. every day.

3.   He has gone off to get everyone’s lunch.

4.   I think the milk has gone off. Can you smell it?

5.   That car alarm has been going off all day.

6.   A bomb went off inside the building.

7.   The power went off.

 

                                                                   Sleep through

 Meaning:

-         sleep continuously for a long time

-         to be in deep sleep without getting disturbed by anything

-         sleep not to wake up

-         to sleep without being awakened while something is happening

                                        

                                                             

 For Example:

1.   I slept right through till lunchtime.

2.   He slept through the entire chaos at the house.

3.   Kaviya was so tired she slept through the alarm.

4.   The storm was noisy, but he slept through it.

5.   Ramesh can sleep through anything, even a loud thunderstorm.

6.   Alex was so tired that he slept through the entire film.