In the midst of decluttering my monstrous pile of papers, I painstakingly typed every phrasal verb highlighted on a study guide on my blog. It might sound like tedious work, but it was precisely because I took time out that I realised that I could prioritise the phrasal verbs whose meanings are vocabulary that he would need to lock in by the end of primary school. Examples, hold back -> hesitate, put off -> postpone, look into -> investigate. This mundane afternoon left me with a concrete strategy to bring the son’s knowledge up to speed.
In the midst of decluttering my monstrous pile of papers, I painstakingly typed every phrasal verb highlighted on a study guide on my blog. It might sound like tedious work, but it was precisely because I took time out that I realised that I could prioritise the phrasal verbs whose meanings are vocabulary that he would need to lock in by the end of primary school. Examples, hold back -> hesitate, put off -> postpone, look into -> investigate. This mundane afternoon left me with a concrete strategy to bring the son’s knowledge up to speed.