Phrasal Verb News
Learn English: Read & Listen
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Learn the phrasal verbs native speakers really use. Every story is explained, tested and read aloud. The 3 newest stories are always free. Try everything free for 7 days.
Textbooks teach you phrasal verbs in lists. Real English uses them in stories. Phrasal Verb News gives you both: short, real news articles written for English learners, with every phrasal verb marked, explained, tested and read aloud.
Made by John, the American teacher behind the YouTube channel Everything English with John.
HOW IT WORKS
Each story is a short read, about three minutes, written at an intermediate level. Tap any highlighted phrasal verb to see what it means in that exact sentence. Tap any highlighted word to see a definition and three example sentences. Listen to the whole story read aloud. Then test yourself.
FOUR WAYS TO PRACTICE
• Define it: choose the right meaning of each phrasal verb as it was used in the story
• True or false: six statements per story, with the reason revealed after you answer
• Fill in the blank: put the right phrasal verb back into the sentence, in the right form
• Main idea: pick the summary that actually matches what you read
WHAT'S INSIDE
• A new story almost every day, with a hundred already waiting
• Every story sourced from established news organizations, with the sources listed
• A short conversation at the end of every story, using the same expressions again
• Translations into twenty languages, so you can check yourself without leaving the app
• Categories including World, Science, Health, Technology, Sports, Culture and more
• Save any phrasal verb or vocabulary word to your own lists and review them later
• A verb browser so you can look up everything the app has taught you
• Search across every story and every verb
• Light and dark mode
• Stories are kept on your device, so you can read them without a connection
WHY PHRASAL VERBS
They are the hardest part of English to learn from a textbook and the most common part of how people really speak. "Step down", "hold back", "look into", "catch on", "shrug off". You cannot guess them from the words inside them, so you have to meet them in context, again and again, until they sound normal. That is what this app is for.
WHO IT IS FOR
Intermediate learners, roughly B1 to B2, who can already read English but get lost when native speakers use everyday expressions. Useful if you are preparing for IELTS, TOEFL or a job interview in English, and useful if you simply want to understand the news.
FREE AND SUBSCRIPTION
The 3 newest stories are always free, with every quiz included, and change as new stories come out. A Free tab shows you which ones, and you can unlock up to 2 more each month by watching a short video. Every other story is for subscribers, shown with a lock. The free version includes ads. A subscription unlocks every story, adds narration to all of them, and removes all ads.
News Monthly: 1 month, $4.99 per month.
News Annual: 1 year, $24.99 per year.
News Annual starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. You can cancel any time during the trial and you will not be charged.
Prices are in US dollars and vary by region.
There is no account and no sign-up. Payment is handled by the App Store, and we never see your card details. Read our privacy policy for exactly what the app does and does not collect.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://everythingenglish123.github.io/Privacy/terms-of-use-news.html
Privacy Policy: https://everythingenglish123.github.io/Privacy/privacy-policy-news.html
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Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- John DeSarno
- Size
- 14.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- News Monthly $4.99
- News Annual $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Everything English with John