Podcast 22 Up and Down

Download podcast
Click on read more to hear the podcast

Hello friends. Welcome to Blabbinit. This is Missy. Thank you for joining us today. our website offers many different ways for you to practice your English. We have podcasts, videos, a community based forum, blogs, chat, karaoke, and more. You can also see any previous podcasts or videos on the site.

Today I would like to go over a few phrases using the words "up" and "down". Sometimes the little words are the most complicated. The more phrases you memorize, the easier it will be.

Here goes.....
- When the television is not loud enough you may say....
Turn up the volume.

- If it is too loud, you may say....
Turn down the volume.

- If someone is downstairs and you want them to go up, you would say....
Go up the stairs.

- If you want them to come down, say....
Come down the stairs.

- If the light is too dim, you say....
Turn up the light.

- If the light is too bright, you can say....
Turn down the light.

-If you are talking about something increasing in quality, you can say....
Go up in quality.

-If it decreases in quality, you can say....
Go down in quality.

- If you want to talk about something increasing a level, you say....
Go up a level.

- If it is decreasing a level, you say....
Go down a level.

Of course these phrases can be used in future and past tenses as well.
Thank you for listening in today. Visit our website at www.blabbinit.com . Thank you! Bye