This document provides information about phrasal verbs in English. It begins by defining a phrasal verb as a verb combined with a preposition or adverb that has a meaning not obvious from the individual words. It then discusses separable and non-separable phrasal verbs, providing examples like "put off" and "run into". The document lists many common phrasal verbs and their meanings. It concludes with references and an exercise asking students to identify phrasal verbs in sentences.
3. BRAINSTORMING
• Its fun ........................ The net for more information (surf)
• When i met my mother i couldn’t help .............. Her (hug)
• Weni got Tera .............................................. Her car (wash)
• His name is not easy ..........................................(remember)
• It was hard for my uncle ................................smoking (quit)
4. DEFINITION
A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together
with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning
is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words
themselves.
Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as
prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are
also known as particle verbs.
5. PHRASAL VERBS (SEPARABLE)
(a) We put off our trip In (a) : put off = a phrasal verb.
A phrasal verb = a verb and a particle that together
have a special meaning. For example, put off means
“postpone”
A article = a preposition (e.g. off, on) or an adverb
(e.g. away, back) that is used in a phrasal verb.
(b) We put off our trip.
(c) We put our trip off.
(d) I turned on the light.
(e) I turned the light on.
Many phrasal verbs are separable. In other words, a
NOUN can either follow or come between (separate)
the verb and the particle.
(b) and (c) have the same meaning.
(d) and (e) have the same meaning.
(f) We put it off
(g) I turned it on
If a phrasal verb is separable, the PRONOUN always
come comes between the verb and the particle; the
pronoun never follows the particle.
INCORRECT : we put off it.
INCORRECT : I turned on it.
6. SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERBS (SEPARABLE)
Figure out .......... Find the solution to a problem
Hand in .......... Give homework, test paper, etc to a teacher
Hand out .......... Give somtehing to this person, then that person, then another
person
Look up .......... Look for information in a dictionary, a telephone directory, an
encyclopedia, etc
Make up .......... Invent a story
Pick up .......... lift
Put down .......... Stop holding or carrying
Put off .......... postpone
7. Put on .......... Put clothes on one’s body
Take off .......... Remove clothes from one’s body
Throw away .......... Put in the trash, discard
Throw out .......... Put in the trash, discard
Turn off .......... Stop a machine or a light
Turn on .......... Start a machine or a light
Wake up .......... Stop sleeping
Write down .......... Write a note on a piece of paper
8. PHRASAL VERBS (NONSEPARABLE)
(A) I ran into Bob at the bank yesterday
(B) I saw Bob yesterday. I ran into him at
the bank
If a phrasal verb is nonseparable, a noun
or pronoun follows (never precedes) the
particle.
INCORRECT : I ran Bob into at the bank
INCORRECT : I ran him into at the bank
SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERB (NON SEPARABLE)
Call on .......... Ask to speak in class
Get over .......... Recover from an illness
Run into .......... Meet by chance
Get on .......... Enter a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle
Get off .......... Leave a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle
Get in .......... Enter a car, a taxi
Get out of.......... Leave a car, a taxi
9. REFERENCES
Azar Betty S,1941, Fundamentals of English Grammar(New Jersey
:Regents/Prentice Hall)
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/phrasal-verbs
11. EXERCISE
1. Would you .......... my cat for me this weekend ?
a. Look b. Look after c. Look up
2. My neighbour .......... eggs yesterday
a. Ran b. Ran out c. Ran into
3. Amir .......... his leg at the baseball game.
a. Broke b. Broke down c. Broke off
4. Our boss .......... our meeting until next week
a. Put b. Put off c. Put down
5. Could you .......... the music while i’m on the phone?
a.Turn b. turn off c. Turn around
12. GAMES
ARRANGE ME
1. Class divided into five group
2. Each group is given one minute to compose the puzzle image
3. Having finished compiling the fastest puzzle group take the
next question
4. Then the questions is solved with the group and written on
the white board.
5. The fastest and the right group will get point