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Everyday Grammar TV: Grammar for Exercise, Part 1

Faith: Hi John! Why are you all sweaty? John: I’m training for a half-marathon, Faith. I warm up by jogging and then I start running. How do you work out, Faith? Faith: Well, I hate running… For my warm-ups, I love walking on the treadmill. Then I switch to lifting weights. Hey! We are using a lot of interesting grammar to talk about our workouts! John: We used phrasal verbs like “work out” and warm up” to describe our actions. We can make phrasal verbs by using a base verb plus a preposition to create a phrasal verb. base verb + preposition For example, we have phrasal verbs like “work out” “warm up” and “cool down.” Faith: Another verb-like structure we use to talk about exercise are gerunds. Gerunds work like nouns in sentences but are formed by placing the ing-ending on verbs. Base verb +ing “Walking,” “jogging, “running” and “lifting” are all common exercises. Faith: So John, would you like to try lifting sometime? John: Only if you try jogging… Faith: I would probably pass out, John… But thanks for the invite. Let’s end with a quiz. In that last sentence I said, can you identify the phrasal verb? I would probably pass out, John… But thanks for the invite. John: That’s right! Faith used the phrasal verb, “pass out” And that’s Everyday Grammar TV.