TWO- WORD VERBS

1. TWO-WORD VERBS
(Separable)
Team #6:
Avalos Rafael
Rodríguez Paolette

2. Means “to telephone” someone.
Ex:
Call up Mary. Call Mary up. Call her up.
CALL UP:

3. TURN ON:
Means
“start the flow of electricity / water /gas”
Ex:
Turn on the TV. Turn the TV on. Turn it on.

4. TURN OFF:
Means
“stop the flow of electricity / water /gas”
Ex:
Turn off the radio. Turn the radio off. Turn it off.

5. PUT ON:
Means
“to dress”
Ex:
Put on the dress. Put the dress on. Put it on.

6. TAKE OFF:
Means
“undress/remove”
Ex:
Take off your sweater. Take your sweater off. Take it off.

7. THROW OUT:
Means “discard”
Ex:
• Throw out your old magazines.
• Throw your old magazines out.
• Throw them out.

8. CROSS OUT:
Means
“eliminate”
Ex:
• Cross out the mistakes
• Cross the mistakes out
• Cross them out

9. Means
“to write all necessary information in special
spaces on a document (application form).”
Ex:
• Fill out the blanks
• Fill the blanks out
• Fill them out
FILL OUT:

10. HAND IN / TURN IN:
Means
“submit”
Ex:
• Hand in your homework
• Hand your homework in
• Hand it in

11. HANG UP:
Means
1. “fasten a picture to a wall,
2. to put on a clothesline,
3. to finish a telephone conversation by putting the
receiver down.”
Ex:
1. Hang up the picture. Hang the picture up. Hang it up.
2. Hang up the telephone. Hang the telephone up. Hang it up.

12. HOOK UP:
Means
1. “A temporary connection between two
pieces of equipment such as computers.
2. Or between a piece of equipment and an
electricity or water supply.”
Ex:
Hook up your computer Hook your computer up. Hook it up.

13. PICK UP:
Means
“collect something or someone.”
Ex:
I picked up the clothes at the cleaner’s.
I picked them up.

14. Means
“display, show.”
Ex:
• The salespeople set out the merchandise in beautiful boxes.
• The salespeople set the merchandise out in beautiful boxes.
SET OUT:

15. KEEP ON:
Means
“Continue doing something.”
Ex:
I told him to be quiet but he keep on making noise.

16. GIVE UP:
Means
1. “To cease to do or perform
2. To desist from”
Ex:
• She gave up her search.
• He gave up drinking alcohol.