Grammar for Exercise

2022-12-09

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  • Do you like to "work out?"
    • 2
  • What do you do to "warm up" for exercise?
    • 3
  • Do you enjoying walking, dancing, or running?
    • 4
  • In today's Everyday Grammar, we will look at how we can express ways we exercise.
    • 5
  • You will learn about common phrasal verbs to describe our actions and gerunds for kinds of exercises.
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  • Let's begin with phrasal verbs.
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  • Phrasal verbs have a verb and either a preposition or an adverb called a particle.
    • 8
  • A particle is a short word. Phrasal verbs can be made up of one particle or two.
    • 9
  • A phrasal verb has a meaning different from that of the verb alone.
    • 10
  • Phrasal verbs can often be separated from the particle by a noun or pronoun.
    • 11
  • Some of the most common exercise phrases in English are phrasal verbs.
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  • Let's take a look at some of them.
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  • "Work out" is a transitive verb.
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  • meaning to do physical exercise to make your body strong or healthy.
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  • A transitive verb can take a direct object.
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  • She works out her legs every day at the gym.
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  • "Warm up" means to prepare for exercise by doing light exercise to increase your heart rate and warm your body.
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  • Emily warms up by walking on the treadmill.
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  • "Cool down" is the opposite of warm up.
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  • After intense exercise, you need to cool down your body to let your heart rate decrease naturally.
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  • I like to cool down by stretching my muscles.
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  • "Work off" means to get rid of stress, emotions, energy, or even food by doing physical activity.
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  • I need to work off that apple pie I had at Thanksgiving. Let's go to the gym!
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  • I had such a stressful day at work, I can't wait to work that off at dance class tonight!
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  • "Try out (for)" means you compete for a spot on a team.
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  • Tatiana tried out for the football team in August. She will play her first game this weekend!
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  • "Pass out" means you feel sick and fall down or faint.
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  • If I don't drink enough water before I do an intense workout, I always feel like I'm going to pass out.
    • 29
  • She passed out near the end of the finish line because she was dehydrated.
    • 30
  • "Give up" means that you stop what you are doing and do not continue.
    • 31
  • He had to give up playing basketball last year after he hurt his knee.
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  • Gerunds are formed from verbs, but they work like a noun in a sentence.
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  • We use the ending -ing to create a gerund. Gerunds express actions or states of being.
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  • There are several gerunds that we use to express kinds of exercise.
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  • For example, "walking" is a gerund.
    • 36
  • We take the base form of the verb and add -ing.
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  • Walk + ending -ing = walking
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  • Walking is one of the best activities for your health.
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  • Other common gerunds for working out include:
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  • "Jogging" is like running but with an easier pace.
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  • Tyler enjoys jogging on the weekends.
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  • "Running" is faster and there may be more purpose behind it, like planning for a race.
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  • Running a marathon is very hard work.
    • 44
  • "Lifting" refers to a form of strength exercise where one lifts heavy weights with their muscles.
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  • Taylor started lifting weights last year.
    • 46
  • "Dancing" is moving the body to music.
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  • She loves dancing because it's creative and gets her heart rate up.
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  • "Training" involves doing exercise in preparation for an event or goal.
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  • Jo not only does strength training, but she also trains in dance.
    • 50
  • "Spinning" is indoor bicycling.
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  • There's spinning at this gym.
    • 52
  • Let's combine the phrasal verbs and gerunds to create sentences for describing exercise activities.
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  • For example, you could say:
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  • I warm up by dancing.
    • 55
  • Here I use the preposition "by" to tell the means of how I warm up.
    • 56
  • You could also say:
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  • Dancing warms me up.
    • 58
  • Here the phrasal verb is split up by the personal pronoun "me."
    • 59
  • Today we looked at common expressions for exercise.
    • 60
  • We can use phrasal verbs like "work out" and "cool down" to describe our actions.
    • 61
  • We use a base verb plus a preposition to create a phrasal verb which can be divided by either a noun or pronoun.
    • 62
  • Another verb-like structure we examined are gerunds.
    • 63
  • Gerunds work like nouns in sentences but are formed by placing the ing-ending on verbs.
    • 64
  • Since gerunds describe actions, they are perfect for describing exercises that we do to stay happy and healthy.
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  • Let's end this report with some homework.
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  • Are there any other phrasal verbs or gerunds that you use to describe exercise?
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  • Use phrasal verbs or gerunds to describe how you exercise. Try to combine both to create a sentence!
    • 68
  • Share your results in the comments!
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  • I'm Faith Pirlo.
    • 1
  • Do you like to "work out?"
    • 2
  • What do you do to "warm up" for exercise?
    • 3
  • Do you enjoying walking, dancing, or running?
    • 4
  • In today's Everyday Grammar, we will look at how we can express ways we exercise. You will learn about common phrasal verbs to describe our actions and gerunds for kinds of exercises.
    • 5
  • Let's begin with phrasal verbs.
    • 6
  • Phrasal verbs
    • 7
  • Phrasal verbs have a verb and either a preposition or an adverb called a particle. A particle is a short word. Phrasal verbs can be made up of one particle or two. A phrasal verb has a meaning different from that of the verb alone. Phrasal verbs can often be separated from the particle by a noun or pronoun.
    • 8
  • Some of the most common exercise phrases in English are phrasal verbs.
    • 9
  • Let's take a look at some of them.
    • 10
  • "Work out" is a transitive verb. meaning to do physical exercise to make your body strong or healthy. A transitive verb can take a direct object.
    • 11
  • She works out her legs every day at the gym.
    • 12
  • "Warm up" means to prepare for exercise by doing light exercise to increase your heart rate and warm your body.
    • 13
  • Emily warms up by walking on the treadmill.
    • 14
  • "Cool down" is the opposite of warm up. After intense exercise, you need to cool down your body to let your heart rate decrease naturally.
    • 15
  • I like to cool down by stretching my muscles.
    • 16
  • "Work off" means to get rid of stress, emotions, energy, or even food by doing physical activity.
    • 17
  • I need to work off that apple pie I had at Thanksgiving. Let's go to the gym!
    • 18
  • I had such a stressful day at work, I can't wait to work that off at dance class tonight!
    • 19
  • "Try out (for)" means you compete for a spot on a team.
    • 20
  • Tatiana tried out for the football team in August. She will play her first game this weekend!
    • 21
  • "Pass out" means you feel sick and fall down or faint.
    • 22
  • If I don't drink enough water before I do an intense workout, I always feel like I'm going to pass out.
    • 23
  • She passed out near the end of the finish line because she was dehydrated.
    • 24
  • "Give up" means that you stop what you are doing and do not continue.
    • 25
  • He had to give up playing basketball last year after he hurt his knee.
    • 26
  • Gerunds
    • 27
  • Gerunds are formed from verbs, but they work like a noun in a sentence. We use the ending -ing to create a gerund. Gerunds express actions or states of being. There are several gerunds that we use to express kinds of exercise.
    • 28
  • For example, "walking" is a gerund.
    • 29
  • We take the base form of the verb and add -ing.
    • 30
  • Walk + ending -ing = walking
    • 31
  • Walking is one of the best activities for your health.
    • 32
  • Other common gerunds for working out include:
    • 33
  • "Jogging" is like running but with an easier pace.
    • 34
  • Tyler enjoys jogging on the weekends.
    • 35
  • "Running" is faster and there may be more purpose behind it, like planning for a race.
    • 36
  • Running a marathon is very hard work.
    • 37
  • "Lifting" refers to a form of strength exercise where one lifts heavy weights with their muscles.
    • 38
  • Taylor started lifting weights last year.
    • 39
  • "Dancing" is moving the body to music.
    • 40
  • She loves dancing because it's creative and gets her heart rate up.
    • 41
  • "Training" involves doing exercise in preparation for an event or goal.
    • 42
  • Jo not only does strength training, but she also trains in dance.
    • 43
  • "Spinning" is indoor bicycling.
    • 44
  • There's spinning at this gym.
    • 45
  • Practice
    • 46
  • Let's combine the phrasal verbs and gerunds to create sentences for describing exercise activities.
    • 47
  • For example, you could say:
    • 48
  • I warm up by dancing.
    • 49
  • Here I use the preposition "by" to tell the means of how I warm up.
    • 50
  • You could also say:
    • 51
  • Dancing warms me up.
    • 52
  • Here the phrasal verb is split up by the personal pronoun "me."
    • 53
  • Final thoughts
    • 54
  • Today we looked at common expressions for exercise. We can use phrasal verbs like "work out" and "cool down" to describe our actions. We use a base verb plus a preposition to create a phrasal verb which can be divided by either a noun or pronoun.
    • 55
  • Another verb-like structure we examined are gerunds. Gerunds work like nouns in sentences but are formed by placing the ing-ending on verbs. Since gerunds describe actions, they are perfect for describing exercises that we do to stay happy and healthy.
    • 56
  • Let's end this report with some homework.
    • 57
  • Are there any other phrasal verbs or gerunds that you use to describe exercise?
    • 58
  • Use phrasal verbs or gerunds to describe how you exercise. Try to combine both to create a sentence!
    • 59
  • Share your results in the comments!
    • 60
  • I'm Faith Pirlo.
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  • Faith Pirlo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • treadmill - n. a machine with a moving part that you can walk or run on for exercise
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  • stress - n. a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be involved in causing some diseases
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  • pie - n. a food consisting of a pastry crust and a filling, as of fruit or meat
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  • dehydrated - adj. describes the removal of water or liquid from something, such as food
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  • marathon - n. a long run of about 42 kilometers, a hard task that lasts a long time
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