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Phrase consisting of a verb and another element
TRANSITIVE:
Need an object because if they don't have an objecte the phrasal verbs doesn't have sence.
EX: I stopped the car
INTRANSITIVE:
You cannot have an object with a intransitibe verb.
EX: The car stopped
Some phrasal verbs have to wear something inside the phrasal verb.
EX: Turn the music down
If we don't write something inside the phrasal verb, has not sense,
UNSPLITTABLE:
But another phrasal verbs don't have to wear something inside them.
EX: Get on
To adjust the controls on a piece of equipment in order to reduce the amount og heat, noise or light that is produced
Which of these are gramatically pssible?
a)He turned down
b)He turned the volume down
c)He turned down the volume
d)He turned it down
e)The volume was turned down
b) and d)
a)I can't hear myself think in here! Turn the volume down
b)It's very hot in here. Do you mind if I turn heathing down
c)She didn't want the sauce to biol so she turned the fire down
The opposite of turn something down is turn something up:
Every time I turn the TV up so that I can hear it better, he says it's too loud and turns it down again
To write something on a paper in order to remember or record it
Which of these are gramatically possible?
a)He wrote down
b)He wrote his name down
c)He wrote down his name
d)He wrote it down
e)He wrote down it
f)His name was written down
b) and d)
a)Write new words down is a good way to help you remember them. (correct)
b)I'm bound to forget everything if it isn't wrote down. (incorrect)
CORRECTION:
b)I'm bound to forget everything if isn't written down
a)In some countries children don't start to read or write until they are 6
b)Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?
c)I can't remember new vocabulary unless I write it down
MEANING:
To feelexcited abou something that is going to happen in the future.
Which of these sentences are correct?
a)She's looking forward tu the party
b)She's looking forward to it
c)She's looking forward to leave
d)She's looking forward to leaving
a), b) and c)
1.Only one sentence's find and correct the mistakes:
a)I'm looking forward (to) the party very much - all my firnds are coming
b)What time is your brother arriving? I'm really looking forward to meet him
c)Finally the day of the wedding arrived. I'd been looking forward to it (for ages-incorrect)
d)The mail only came once a week, so we always looked forward to (see it)
Look forward to is used very often at the end of formal letters:
I look forward to hearing from you soon
Looking forward to meeting you next week