Visualinguistics™ Phrasal Verbs — Adult ESL Edition: 10 Comic Posters + 10 Workbooks for High Beginning to High Intermediate Learners, NRS Levels 3–5 (100-Page PDF)

Why learners actually remember these

Phrasal verbs are where English stops making sense: get up, get over, get along, get away with. Visualinguistics turns each verb into a map. Every meaning sits in its own panel, acted out by the same five night-class classmates, with a speech bubble that uses the verb in a real sentence. Learners see the meaning, hear it in context, and meet the same characters again in the workbook pages.

What’s inside

• 10 units: GET · GO · MAKE · TAKE · COME · PUT · LOOK · TURN · BRING · BREAK
• 10 full-page comic posters (11 × 8.5, landscape) — one phrasal-verb web per unit
• 121 phrasal verbs, each with a student-friendly meaning and example sentence
• Cloze A (sentences) and Cloze B (a story passage)
• Dialogue completion with a model conversation
• Read-and-perform A/B dialogue: a 20-line partner script with the unit’s verbs in bold
• Let’s Talk partner questions and a Write About It frame with a sentence starter
• Student self-check for every phrasal verb
• Answer key for every activity

Meet the cast

Rosa, Tarek, Mai, Josué, and Amina are classmates in an evening ESL class — working adults with jobs, families, appointments, and plans. Learners meet them at the clinic, the salon, the job site, the bus stop, and the class potluck. Every sentence is standard English, every scene is respectful of adult learners, and nobody gets put down.

Who it’s for

Adult ESL and community college ESL classes (High Beginning to High Intermediate; WIOA/NRS Levels 3–5), workplace English programs, tutors, and independent adult learners.

From the classroom

Created by Matt Moody, a teacher with 23 years in ELD and ESL who has also coached UTK–12 teachers across content areas — veteran, new, and peer-enrichment teachers. His core expertise is scaffolding for any type of learner, from struggling readers to advanced students and everyone in between.

Format

One PDF, 100 pages. Print at home on 8.5 × 11 paper; poster pages print landscape. License: one teacher, one classroom.

Made with AI: The poster illustrations were created with AI image tools under my art direction. I wrote the teaching content as a classroom teacher, with AI drafting assistance.