Name: Phrasal verb: doze off - Day 18 with JenniferESL
Uploaded: 2015-03-28T23:25:18.000Z
Duration: 7 min 16 s
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I think you have to learn how much time is effective for you.

Studying for one or two hours sounds impressive,

but truthfully, you might start to doze off after the first thirty minutes.

That's why I suggest that you take 5-10 minutes a day.

I know you can stay awake and focused for that long.

It's the same pattern you've heard with other intransitive phrasal verbs.

Did you ever doze off in the middle of a class or a meeting?

In this review, we'll go over some of the previous phrasal verbs

as we talk about informal and formal English.

Did you know that the use of phrasal verbs generally creates informal speech?

Often those more formal equivalents are one-word verbs,

"Successfully complete a project" - how else could we say that?

With the use of phrasal verbs in the text,

it's beginning to sound more conversational.

But if we really want to make it more informal,

Let's use contractions and more everyday vocabulary.

Let's change "must" to something more conversational.

At the end of the first paragraph, we have the phrase "in this manner."

Take a moment to look at all the  changes we made.

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Phrasal verb: doze off - Day 18 with JenniferESL

time

pattern

stress

improve