Phrasal verbs

Look for sth (something) /sb (somebody)

1. If you lost your socks this morning, where would you look for them first?

2. Have you ever looked for something for hours, only to find it in your pocket?

3. Imagine you’re a detective—what’s the most mysterious thing you’ve ever had to look for?

Look up sth / Look sth up

4. If you could instantly look up one fun fact right now, what would it be?

5. Have you ever looked up a word and been shocked by its meaning?

6. What’s the weirdest thing you've ever had to look up online?

Look after sb/sth

7. If you had a pet dragon, how would you look after it? 🐉

8. Who looks after you when you turn into a grumpy, sleepy human? 😴

9. Imagine you had to look after a famous celebrity’s dog for a day—how would that go?

Look into sb/sth

10. If you were a secret agent, what mystery would you love to look into? 🕵️‍♂️

11. What’s the strangest mystery you’ve ever had to look into in real life?

12. Have you ever looked into something and wished you hadn’t? (Like a fridge full of expired food?) 🤢

Look out

13. What’s the funniest situation where you or someone else had to shout, "Look out!"?

14. If a squirrel stole your lunch, would you look out for it next time? 🐿️

15. Imagine you’re in a video game—what would make you yell “Look out!” to your teammate? 🎮

Look forward to sth

16. What’s the next exciting thing you’re looking forward to—besides this English lesson? 😉

17. If you could fast-forward to one moment in the future, what would it be?

18. What's something small but fun that you always look forward to (like your first coffee in the morning)? ☕

Look back on sth

19. If you could go back to one childhood memory, which one would you relive?

20. What’s the most embarrassing moment you look back on and laugh about now? 😆

21. If your life was a movie, what’s one scene you’d love to rewind and watch again?

Look up to sb

22. If you could look up to a fictional character as your mentor, who would it be? 🦸‍♂️

23. Who was your childhood hero, and did they turn out as cool as you thought?

24. Imagine someone tells you they look up to you—what do you think they admire about you?

Look down on sb

25. Have you ever seen someone act snobby and thought, “Wow, they need a reality check”?

26. Why do you think some people look down on others, and how would you fix that?

27. Imagine your pet secretly looks down on you—what do you think they judge you for? 🐶😼

Look at sth/sb

28. What’s the first thing you look at when you wake up—your phone, the ceiling, or your dreams disappearing? ☁️

29. If you could design a book cover that would make everyone want to look at it, what would it have on it?

30. When you go shopping, do you look at the price first or just hope for the best? 💸

GO ON – Continue / Happen

• If you were telling an exciting story and someone interrupted you, how would you say “Go on” in a dramatic way?
  
  

• Have you ever been in a situation where something weird was going on, but no one knew what it was?
  
  

• Imagine you’re at a magic show. What’s the most unbelievable thing that could go on? 🎩✨
  
  

GO OUT – Socialize / Date / Turn off

• If you could go out for dinner with any celebrity, who would it be and why? 🍽️
  
  

• Have you ever had a romantic “go out” moment like in the movies? 🎬💕
  
  

• Imagine you’re home alone and suddenly all the lights go out—what’s your first reaction?
  
  

GO OFF – Make a noise / Explode / Spoil

• Have you ever been woken up by your alarm going off at the wrong time? ⏰
  
  

• Imagine a comedy movie scene where someone’s phone goes off at the worst possible moment—where would it happen? 📱🙊
  
  

• What’s the worst food you’ve ever tasted because it had gone off? 🤢
  
  

GO AHEAD – Give permission / Encourage

• If you could tell your past self “Go ahead, take that chance,” what moment would you be talking about?
  
  

• Imagine you’re in a competition, and someone tells you “Go ahead!”—what are you competing in? 🏆
  
  

• If you could go ahead and travel anywhere right now, where would you go? ✈️
  
  

GO FOR – Choose / Try to achieve

• If you could go for any dream job, what would it be?
  
  

• You’re at an ice cream shop with 100 flavors—what do you go for? 🍦
  
  

• Imagine you’re in a sports game and the coach yells, “Go for it!” What are you about to do? 🏀⚽
  
  

GO THROUGH – Experience / Search

• What’s a difficult situation you had to go through that made you stronger? 💪
  
  

• Have you ever gone through someone’s bag and found something surprising? 🎒
  
  

• Imagine you’re a detective—what’s the strangest thing you’ve had to go through to solve a mystery? 🕵️‍♂️
  
  

GO UP / GO DOWN – Increase / Decrease

• Have you ever felt nervous watching the price of something go up and up? 📈💸
  
  

• If you could control one thing that goes down in price, what would it be? 🚗💰
  
  

• Imagine you’re watching a sunset—describe what you see as the sun goes down. 🌅
  
  

GO WITH – Match / Suit

• Do you think pineapple goes with pizza? 🍍🍕
  
  

• If you were designing a perfect outfit, what colors would go with each other? 👗👕
  
  

What’s something that just doesn’t go together, but people still try to make it work?

TAKE OFF – svléknout si / vzlétnout / rozjet se

👕✈️🚀

• What’s the first thing you take off when you get home after a long day? Why?
  
  

• Have you ever been on a plane that took off late? What happened?
  
  

• Imagine you become super famous overnight—how did your career take off? 🎤✨
  
  

TAKE UP – začít (novou činnost) / zabírat místo nebo čas

🎸⏳🧘

• If you had unlimited time, what new hobby would you like to take up?
  
  

• What’s something you’ve taken up recently and enjoy doing?
  
  

• Is there something that takes up too much of your time but you just can’t give it up? 📱📺
  
  

TAKE OUT – pozvat někoho ven / vyndat

🍕🛍️🦷

• If you could take anyone out for a fun day, who would it be and where would you go?
  
  

• Have you ever had to take something out (like a splinter or a tooth)? How did it go? 😬
  
  

• Imagine a movie scene where someone dramatically takes out something important—what is it? 🎬🔑
  
  

TAKE AFTER – být po někom

👩‍👦👨‍👧

• Who do you take after more—your mother or your father? Why?
  
  

• Have people ever told you that you take after someone famous? Who? 😄
  
  

• If you could choose one person to take after in terms of personality, who would it be?
  
  

TAKE BACK – vrátit / vzít zpět

🛍️🙊🗣️

• Have you ever said something you wish you could take back? What was it?
  
  

• What’s the last thing you bought and had to take back to the store?
  
  

• Imagine someone took back a promise—how would you react? 😤🤯
  
  

TAKE DOWN – zapsat si

📝👮‍♂️📒

• Are you the kind of person who takes down everything in class or just listens?
  
  

• What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever had to take down in your notes?
  
  

• Imagine you're a spy—what kind of secret information would you be taking down? 🕵️‍♀️📋
  
  

TAKE AWAY – odnést

🍛🧹📦

• What’s your go-to takeaway meal when you don’t want to cook? 🍜
  
  

• Imagine you’re moving—what’s the one thing you’d take away first from your old place?
  
  

• What lesson did life take away from you recently? Or maybe give? 💭
  
  

TAKE IN – vstřebat / pochopit / prohlédnout si

🌄🧠👀

• Have you ever been somewhere so beautiful you just had to stop and take it all in? Where?
  
  

• What’s something someone explained to you, but you just couldn’t take it in at first? 🤯
  
  

• Imagine you're seeing your dream come true—how would you take in the moment?
  
  

TAKE ON – přijmout (úkol / zaměstnance)

👔📋🎯

• Have you ever taken on more than you could handle? What happened?
  
  

• Imagine your dream company is hiring. What kind of people would they take on?
  
  

• If you could take on any challenge in the world, what would it be? 🌍💪
  
  

TAKE OVER – převzít

👑💼📢

• Would you like to take over your boss’s job one day? Why or why not?
  
  

• Imagine you take over the world for one day—what would be your first rule? 😎
  
  

• Have you ever had to take over someone’s responsibilities suddenly? How did it go?
  
  

TAKE TO – oblíbit si

❤️🎨🐶

• Is there something you didn’t like at first but later really took to?
  
  

• Have you ever taken to someone instantly? What made you like them?
  
  

• Imagine you take to a new hobby so much you want to do it full-time—what is it?

GET ON – Dařit se

• You're studying? How are you getting on?
  👉 Jak bys popsal/a, jak ti jde studium nebo práce v poslední době?

• Have you ever started something difficult but eventually got on really well with it? 📚💪
  👉 Měl/a jsi někdy problém na začátku, ale pak ti to šlo skvěle?

GET ON / GET ALONG WITH SB – Vycházet s někým

• Who do you get on best with in your family and why? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

• Have you ever had a surprising friendship where you didn’t expect to get along with someone? 🤝

GET ON / OFF – Nastoupit / Vystoupit (bus, train, etc.)

• Imagine you’re on a bus and you get off at the wrong stop—what happens next? 🚌😅

• What's your favorite kind of journey to get on? Plane, train, or something else?

GET IN / GET OUT (OF) – Nastoupit / Vystoupit (auto, taxi)

• Describe the funniest or most awkward moment when you were getting in or out of a car. 🚗🙈

• If you could get in any car in the world right now, which one would it be and why? 🚘✨

GET UP – Vstát

• Are you a morning person? What helps you get up in the morning? ☀️⏰

• Have you ever had to get up super early for something important?

GET BACK – Vrátit se

• If you could get back to any moment in your life, when would it be? 🕰️💭

• Have you ever got back from a trip and immediately wanted to go again?

GET OVER STH / SB – Překonat něco / někoho

• What’s something difficult you’ve had to get over in your life? 💔💪

• Do you think it’s harder to get over a breakup or a failure?

GET AWAY WITH STH – Projít někomu něco

• Have you ever done something naughty and got away with it? 😈😇

• What do you think people should never be allowed to get away with?

GET BEHIND WITH STH – Dostat se do skluzu

• Have you ever got behind with your work or studies? What did you do to catch up? 📚⏳

• What’s something that people often get behind with?

GET DOWN TO STH – Pustit se do něčeho

• What helps you get down to work when you're feeling lazy? 🖥️☕

• Imagine you’re finally getting down to writing your dream book—what’s it about?

GET ROUND TO STH – Dostat se k něčemu

• What’s something you’ve been meaning to do for ages but haven’t got round to yet? 🔄📝

• Why is it sometimes hard to get round to doing boring tasks?

GET INTO STH – Začít s něčím, dostat se do něčeho

What’s a hobby or habit you’ve recently got into? 🎨🎮
👉 Máš nějakou novou závislost?

Have you ever wanted to get into a school or job and finally made it? 🎓💼
👉 A jaký to byl pocit?

GET SB DOWN – Deptat, ubíjet

What really gets you down on rainy days? 🌧️😞

Is there a way you cheer yourself up when something gets you down?

GET TO SB – Naštvat, vytočit

What kind of behavior really gets to you? 😠🙄

Have you ever let something small get to you and then regretted it?

GET AT STH – Naznačovat, mířit někam

Do you always say what you mean, or do you sometimes just hint and hope people get what you're getting at? 💬🤔

Have you ever had a moment where you totally misunderstood what someone was getting at?

GET THROUGH – Dovolat se

How often do you try to get through to someone and just hear, “Sorry, this mailbox is full”? 📱📵

Do you prefer texting or calling when you want to get through to someone?

GET THROUGH TO SB – Domluvit se s někým, aby porozuměl

Is it easy for you to get through to kids or teenagers? 👶👧🧑‍🎓

Have you ever had to get through to someone who just wouldn’t listen?

GET STH ACROSS – Předat myšlenku, vysvětlit

What’s the most important message you try to get across to people around you? 🧠💡

Have you ever felt like you couldn’t get your ideas across, no matter how hard you tried?

GET OUT OF STH / DOING STH – Vyvlíknout se z něčeho

Have you ever got out of something you really didn’t want to do? 😅

What’s your best excuse to get out of chores?

GET ROUND / AROUND SB – Přemluvit někoho

Are you good at getting around people to do what you want? 😏🗣️

Who’s hardest to get round in your life – a parent, boss, partner?

GET TOGETHER – Dát se dohromady, sejít se

When was the last time you had a nice get-together with friends or family? 🎉👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Have you ever seen two people get together and thought: “Wow, I didn’t expect that!”?

GET BY – Vystačit si, přežít

What’s something you could get by without, but don’t want to? 💸📱

Have you ever had to get by on very little money, time, or energy?