The document provides a lesson on phrasal verbs for a 10th grade English class, defining phrasal verbs as two-word verbs consisting of a verb and particle. It gives examples of common phrasal verbs and their meanings, and provides an activity for students to match phrasal verbs with their definitions. The lesson explains how phrasal verbs can be transitive, intransitive, separable or inseparable, and provides bibliographic sources for further understanding of grammar.

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
Fecha: 04 al 10 -03 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 7
Tema: Phrasalverbs
Indicador Students will be able to use the phrasal verbs
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Exploración
Contextualización
Let‟s take a look at the phrasal verb „drop off‟. As you know, phrasal verbs can have more than one
meaning. In this cartoon, „drop off‟ means both „fall off‟ and „fall asleep‟. For example:
1) Drop off – similar to fall
The boys dropped stones off the cliff
2) Drop off – fall asleep
I dropped off while watching TV last night
Here are another 3 possible meanings for this phrasal verb.
3) Drop off- gradually decline/ become less
Sales dropped off at the end of the month
4) Drop off- stop somewhere for someone
Could you drop me off at the station?
5) Drop off- stop and give something to someone
Could you drop this letter off at the post office for me?
EMOCIÓN
Conceptualización
Phrasal verbsare usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition.
Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary. Study them as you come across them,

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rather than trying to memorize many at once. Use the list below as a reference guide when you find an
expression that you don't recognize. The examples will help you understand the meanings. If you think
of each phrasal verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning, you will be able to remember it more
easily. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning.
Producción
Phrasal verbsare mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. (The more formal a
conversation or text, the less phrasal verbs are found.)
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition, adverb). The particle can change the
meaning of the verb completely, e.g.:
look up – consult a reference book (look a word up in a dictionary)
look for – seek (look for her ring)
look forward – anticipate with pleasure (look forward to meeting someone)
There are no rules that might explain how phrasal verbs are formed correctly - all you can do is look
them up in a good dictionary and study their meanings. In our lists, you will find some frequently used
phrasal verbs and their meanings.
Frequently Used Phrasal Verbs with:
break, bring, call, carry, come, do, fall, get, go, keep, look, make, put, run, set, take, turn
Position of the Particle
The particle is placed either after the verb or after the object.
Example:
Write down the word. / Write the word down.
If the object is a pronoun, however, the particle has to be placed after the pronoun (object).
Example:
Writeitdown.
Modelación
Idiomatic usage
It is, however, the figurative or idiomatic application in everyday speech which makes phrasal verbs so
important:
"I hope you will get over your operation quickly."
The literal meaning of “to get over”, in the sense of “to climb over something to get to the other side”,
is not relevant here. Here "get over" means "recover from" or "feel better".
PHRASAL VERBS
Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs
ACCIÓN
Phrasal verbs also differ in their transitivity or intransitivity in the same way as normal verbs do. A
transitive verb always has an object.
For example:-

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“Many people walked across the bridge.”
"Across" in this sentence is the preposition to "the bridge".
An intransitive verb does not have an object.
For example:-
“When I entered the room he looked up.”
"Up" here is an adverb, and does not have an object.
Separable or inseparable phrasal verbs
A further way of considering phrasal verbs is whether they are separable or inseparable. In inseparable
verbs, the object comes after the particle.
For example:-
"She got on the bus ."
"On weekdays, we look after our grandchildren."
Separable verbs have several ways of separating verb, particle and object. Usually, the object comes
between verb and particle.
For example:-
"She looked up the word in her dictionary."
"She looked it up in her dictionary."
However, with some separable verbs, the object can come before or after the particle.
For example:-
"Switch the light off."
"Switch off the light."
"Switch it off."
!Note - There is usually no way of telling whether they are separable, inseparable, transitive or
intransitive. In most cases you have to get a feel for them.
Taller
Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...
'Get along' means...
a. Leave
b. Make great progress
EVALUACION
c. Make a quick visit
'Eat into' means...
a. Laugh, cry or clap loudly
b. Deal with something

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c. Use something valuable when you don't want to
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Freeze over' means...
a. Pass for or serve as
b. Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)
c. Remove small problems or irregularities
'Lash out against' means...
a. Return somewhere
b. Criticise something strongly
c. Be elected
'Stick out' means...
a. Extend part of your body
b. Be friendly and spend time with someone
c. Smarten up, improve
'
Plant out' means...
a. Criticise someone strongly
b. Reduce the price of something
c. Put a young plant that has been grown in a pot or greenhouse into the ground
'
Throw out' means...
a. Appear in court charged with a crime or offence
b. Get money off someone
c. Dislocate
'
Fly into' means...
a. Accelerate rapidly from stationary
b. Do something that should have been done earlier
c. Change emotion quickly
'
Keep to' means...
a. Live with someone when you are in a relationship.
b. Make a mistake, do badly, spoil
c. Stay within limits
'Zoom out' means...
a. Focus less closely
b. Make someone appear in court
c. Enter computer data or text
Bibliografía

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I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty SchrampferAzar.
II. The big picture (2011). Santillana Education. S.L Richmond Publishing.
III. Top Notch (2011). Second Edition, Student book. Pearson Education, Inc.