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Have you ever heard a native English speaker

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using the phrase catch up? You can hear it all

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the time in ways like this. Let's catch up. I'm

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all caught up. I need to catch up on work. I

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caught up with a friend. But the meaning changes

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depending on the word after it. So in today's

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episode, you'll learn how native speakers actually

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use these expressions in everyday English. Hi,

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I'm Amber. Welcome back to English Snacks. Feel

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free to read the transcript that goes with this

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episode. The easiest way to understand catch

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-up is this. If you are behind and then reach

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the current situation again, you catch up. Examples.

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I missed two classes, so I need to catch up.

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We should catch up sometime. Catch up is using

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the irregular verb catch. The base form, catch

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up. Present simple, catches up. Past simple,

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caught up. Past participle, caught up. And present

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participle, catching up. Examples. Feel free

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to repeat them after me. 1. I caught up with

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my friend yesterday. 2. She's catching up on

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work. A common mistake is catched up. Instead,

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say caught up. Catch up with someone usually

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means reconnect and talk after some time. Or

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It can mean reach someone physically. Example

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sentences. 1. I caught up with an old friend

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over coffee. 2. Let's catch up. 3. It was nice

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catching up today. Catch up on something means

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to do work or tasks that you didn't have time

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to do earlier. It's generally used for work,

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emails, sleep and news. Example sentences. 1.

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I spent the weekend catching up on emails. Two,

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I caught up on work. Three, I'm catching up on

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sleep. Catch up to means reach the same level,

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speed or position. Example sentences. One, the

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smaller company. is trying to catch up to its

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competitors. 2. The runner caught up to first

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position in the race. Next, the expressions I'm

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caught up and I'm all caught up. These expressions

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mean I'm no longer behind. Example sentences.

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1. I'm caught up on work now. 2. I'm all caught

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up on the show. To have a catch -up. Here, catch

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-up becomes a noun. It means a conversation where

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people reconnect. Example. We had a quick catch

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-up before the meeting. You can also hear catch

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-up call and catch -up meeting. Other useful

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expressions. To play catch -up. Meaning to try

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to recover. After falling behind. Example sentences.

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I missed a week of work, so now I'm playing catch

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up. Catch up later. Meaning, talk later. Example.

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I'm busy right now, but let's catch up later.

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Takeaways from today. Let's recap. Catch up with

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people. Catch up on tasks or information. Catch

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up to level or position. Useful phrases. Repeat

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after me. Let's catch up. I caught up with a

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friend. I caught up on my work. I'm all caught

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up. We had a catch up. Catch up is one of those

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phrasal verbs that instantly makes your English

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sound more natural. Try using it this week in

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conversation or writing. Bonus questions. Who

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would you like to catch up with sometime soon?

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What do you need to catch up on? I'm looking

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forward to sharing more with you soon. So as

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always, come hungry for knowledge.