Abstract:
This study aimed at investigating the difficulties encountered secondary school students' in using phrasal verbs. The researcher adopting the descriptive method. Questionnaire was used as primary tool for data collocation. The sample of study comprises (60) students. Questionnaire was distributed to the secondary school students at Eastern Nile Locality. The researcher applied The statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) for analysing verifying the hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that: The secondary schools students are not aware of phrasal verbs because they think that phrasal verbs are the most difficult area in the language, Secondary school students are facing problems in using English phrasal verbs and Secondary school students need more embolden to practice phrasal verbs. The study highly recommends that: Effectiveness strategies of teaching phrasal verbs should be introduced to help in promoting learners' awareness in using language items and more practical approach to teaching and learning phrasal verbs should be used in EFL classroom
