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PHRASAL

VERBS

BY: ANA FALLAS LIZANO.

WENDY VICTOR FUENTES.

What is phrasal verb?

Definition

It is a verb that is made up of the main verb plus either a preposition or an adverb.

Examples:

  • Get up / Go out / Turn up / Look for

Examples

  • The ski resort is closing up for the summer.

  • You need examples to back up your opinion.
  • They love to go out every Saturday night.

Different Prepositions

Different Meaning

The same verb can change the meaning according to the preposition used.

Different Preposition

Examples:

Look at / Look for

Examples

  • I had to look up the word 'debt' in a dictionary.
  • Last night we were looking at my holiday pictures.

PRACTICE

The bomb could go at any moment.

off

on

Please, go . Don't let me interrupt you.

Different preposition change meaning.

Same Preposition different meaning

Same Preposition

Sometimes the same verb with the same preposition change the meaning of the context.

Example:

Pass on

Examples

  • Jennifer passed on the invitation to join us for dinner.
  • I am afraid Professor Johnson has passed on.

PRACTICE

  • Would you mind running off 10 copies of this document for me?
  • Why did you run off after the party?
  • You shouldn't swim where the sewage runs off into the ocean.

leave quickly / waste water/ reproduce (photocopies)

TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE PHRASAL VERBS

Transitive and Intransitive Phrasal Verbs

TRANSITIVE PHRASAL VERBS

Transitive verbs require an object to complete their meaning.

If someone says: “I’m looking for”

You would automatically think “Looking for what? Looking for whom?”

I am looking for my keys.

NOTE: Transitive phrasal verbs can be separated.

EXAMPLES

Initiative 1

  • He’s looking for his passport.

  • You should put on a jacket because it’s cold outside.

  • Please take your shoes off before entering the house

INTRASITIVE PHRASAL VERBS

You cannot have an object after an intransitive phrasal verb.

Example:

I get up at 7 every morning.

You cannot “get up something”. Get up is an intransitive phrasal verb.

Examples

Budget

  • Nobody found out that I didn’t have an invitation.

  • My car broke down.

  • If you turn around, you will see your friend.

NOTE: Intransitive phrasal verbs never be separated.

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