So, why are phrasal verbs important?

Mastering phrasal verbs is one of the biggest challenges you will face as an English learner. And if you’re at a point where you’re considering giving up on learning phrasal verbs, you’re not alone. I get the frustration, there’s a lot to take in.
BUT is learning phrasal verbs really worth the effort? Yes, absolutely.Advertisements
So, why are phrasal verbs important?
They’re important because English speakers use phrasal verbs all the time. They are extremely common in conversations, and that makes them essential to mastering the language.
Part of their bad reputation comes from ineffective and boring learning approaches but look at it this way: Phrasal verbs will help you express yourself with a lot more ease. That’s simply because sometimes using a phrasal verb is the only way to express an idea.Advertisements

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING PHRASAL VERBS

“Should I just give up on phrasal verbs and move on?”

Before we move forward, I’ll give you the short answer: No, you should never give up on learning phrasal verbs. Having said that, let me tell you the story behind this question. 
In my first year as an English teacher, I struggled so much with making phrasal verbs appealing to my English class that I started to hate them as much as my students did. Are they really that important? I started wondering.
One day I gave the kids an exercise to revise the phrasal verbs they were learning, and only 10% passed! A huge failure for me as a new teacher, or so it felt.
As it often happens with teachers, I couldn't stop thinking about this issue even after I left school and got home. I remember that night, my boyfriend was watching a movie and I spotted hundreds of phrasal verbs in the dialogues. The same thing happened later that night when I was going through my feed on social media, and the next morning during a meeting with some colleagues from the U.S. I was working for at the time.
If you pay attention when consuming any English content, you’ll notice it too. These are not just isolated cases. My point is, what if I had a teacher who thought phrasal verbs were not relevant to my education?