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Lesson 18 / Studying & hobbies
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Start a new hobby, keep up with class, and keep up your practice routine.
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I want to take up painting this year.
I want to take up painting this year.
My dad took up swimming after he retired.
My dad took up swimming after he retired.
Here is the beginning of a regular activity; Different from "take up space" which is to take up space.
Keep on practising, even if the song is difficult.
Keep on practising, even if the song is difficult.
He kept on trying until he understood the problem.
He kept on trying until he understood the problem.
After “keep on” use an -ing verb. Emphasize continue or repeat.
I got into photography during my last holiday.
I got into photography during my last holiday.
How did you get into learning languages?
How did you get into learning languages?
In the lesson, there is interest in an activity; don't have to get into a car or a place.
I study a little every day to keep up with the class.
I study a little every day to keep up with the class.
She speaks fast, and I find it hard to keep up with her.
She speaks fast, and I find it hard to keep up with her.
Three-word phrase without separation. Can keep up with the pace, work or information.
Cambridge Dictionary · keep up with
I missed two lessons and began to fall behind.
I missed two lessons and began to fall behind.
Do not leave all the work until Sunday, or you will fall behind.
Do not leave all the work until Sunday, or you will fall behind.
“Fall behind” means to no longer keep up. The past tense of “fall” is “fell”.
Cambridge Dictionary · fall behind
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 129, 71, 51, 72, 43. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
One step forward every day
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Vy started learning to draw, holding a brush in front of a painting shelf.
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Vy continued practicing the piano after a short break.
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Vy enjoyed discovering a camera to learn photography.
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Vy and her group read and completed the lesson at the same pace.
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Vy still has a lot of unfinished homework while her friends have finished it.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
I have fallen behind with my reading.
I have fallen behind with my reading.
Try a little each evening to keep up with the class.
Try a little each evening to keep up with the class.
I will keep on practising instead of stopping completely.
I will keep on practising instead of stopping completely.
“Keep up with” means maintain the pace or level; “fall behind” means make slower progress. Finishing one lesson does not necessarily mean keeping up with the course.
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An online class posts two lessons each week. A learner has several unfinished lessons and cannot match that pace.
Describe the learner’s position.
The learner has fallen behind with the lessons.
Unfinished lessons have accumulated and the learner cannot match the class pace, so has “fallen behind”.
Complete: I need to keep up ___ the class.
with
“Keep up with the class” means match its pace; keep “with” before the group used for comparison.
Write a realistic plan using keep on.
I will keep on practising and finish one extra lesson each week.
“Keep on practising” describes continued effort; an extra lesson each week gives a concrete way to reduce the backlog.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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