1. Go to BBC Learning English. Click on Grammar and vocabulary on the left and select Funky Phrasals.

The phrasal verbs are presented in a context, and you can learn them while you read and listen to a conversation.

2. Select School days from the list of topics on the left. In Part 1A you may download the audio text and the transcript. The verbs that will be dealt with in this section are in a box.

3. Follow the text in Part 1B while in you listen to it. You may download some more examples of the verbs in use. Do the same for Part 2A and Part 2B. Finally, take the Phrasal verbs quiz.

4. Go back to the BBC Learning English main page. This time, click on The Flatmates, on the left frame.

This is a kind of soap opera about four people sharing a flat, which serves as an excuse to introduce grammar and vocabulary points. For each episode you get the audio version, a language point and a quiz. All the materials are downloadable, which makes it all the more interesting if you want to work offline.

5. The main page shows the current episode. To start from the very beginning, go to Backgroud, where the characters are introduced. Then go to Archive. Episode one starts with Tim and Helen waiting for Michael, Tim's cousin, at the airport. You may listen to it while you read, or hide the text and just listen.

The Language point introduces the new grammar in the context of the episode. In this episode, it deals with Describing people. It also explains new vocabulary.

The Quiz is a multiple choice exercise about the language point. It is interesting to note that it justifies both the correct and the incorrect answers.

After each episode, the readers vote to decide what will happen next (in past episodes, the vote is closed).

Under this link you may participate in a forum to discuss the story, the language point or anything related to the flatmates. You may also ask questions about the English language to a teacher.