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1. Phrasal Verbs 1
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2. Phrasal Verbs
Normal verb + 1 or 2 prepositions
– Look, take, get etc + back, off, up, etc
e.g. Please take this note to my teacher.
– (move s/thing from one place to another)
Please take off your shoes before coming in.
– (to remove something)
We took off in the middle of a storm.
– (when a plane leave the airport)
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3. Phrasal Verbs
Verbs with THREE parts
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4. Phrasal Verbs
Most verbs need a subject and object
Object is at the end after the prepositions
– I’m looking forward to my holidays
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5. Phrasal Verbs
catch up with
• (reach someone by going faster)
– You can rest now and catch up with us later.
– You’re going too fast! I can’t catch up!
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6. Phrasal Verbs
cut down on
• (reduce the amount of)
– Emma has decided to cut down on holidays
this year.
– You’re eating too many sweets. You should cut
down!
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7. Phrasal Verbs
drop in on
• (visit for a short time)
– Let’s drop in on Pierre while we are in Paris.
– Next time you are nearby, please do drop in.
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8. Phrasal Verbs
get along/on with
• (have a friendly relationship with)
– Jim doesn’t get on well with his boss.
– We work in the same office
but we don’t get on.
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9. Phrasal Verbs
keep up with
• (move at the same speed as)
– You’re going too fast, I can’t keep up with you.
– Pat finds this class difficult and can’t keep up.
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10. Phrasal Verbs
live up to
• (be as good as someone expects)
– The film didn’t live up to our expectations.
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11. Phrasal Verbs
Look forward to
• (think you will enjoy)
– I’m looking forward to
going on holiday this year.
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12. Phrasal Verbs
look out onto/over
• (have a view of)
– Our hotel room
looks out onto the lake
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13. Phrasal Verbs
put up with
• (accept without complaining)
– I can’t put up with all this noise!!
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14. Phrasal Verbs
run out of
• (have no more of)
– I think the car is about to run out of petrol!!
– There isn’t any more milk, we’ve run out.
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15. Phrasal Verbs
Verbs with TWO parts
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16. Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs with TWO parts take an object
(intransitive)
Object comes after the preposition
Call for
• (come to your house and collect)
• We’ll call for you about 8pm, so please be ready.
(NOT call for you)
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17. Phrasal Verbs
call on
• (visit for a short time)
• I called on my uncle and
wished him a Happy Birthday
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18. Phrasal Verbs
deal with
• (take action to solve a problem)
• Could you deal with this customer’s problem
please?
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19. Phrasal Verbs
get at
• (try to say, suggest)
• Jim couldn’t understand what is boss was getting
at.
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20. Phrasal Verbs
get over
• (recover from)
• Paul was ill with man flu, but he’s getting over it
now..
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21. Phrasal Verbs
head for
• (go in the direction of)
• The escaped prisoner is thought to be heading
for the airport
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22. Phrasal Verbs
join in
• (take part in, contribute to)
• When Peter started singing, everyone joined in.
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23. Phrasal Verbs
see to
• (pay attention to, often meaning “to repair”)
• The brakes on the car need seeing to.
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24. Phrasal Verbs
take after
• (be similar in appearance or character)
• Emma takes after her mother.
They’re very similar.
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