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THREE-~ORD VERBS)
The term phrasal verb refers to a verb and preposition which together have a
special meaning. For example, put + off means "postpone." Sometimes a
phrasal verb consists of three parts. For example, put + up + with means
"tolerate." Phrasal verbs are also called two-word verbs or three-word verbs.
SEPARABLEPHRASALVERBS
(a) I handed mypaperin yesterday.
(b) I handedin mypaperyesterday.
A phrasal verb may be either separableor nonseparable. With a separable phrasal verb, a noun may come
either between the verb and the preposition or after
the preposition, as in (a) and (b).
A pronoun comes between the verb and the preposition if;1hephrasal verb is separable, as in (c).
do over. . . .. :i
G *get
get
*get
*get
*get
along(with)1
back.(from)'
in, get into.
off. . . . . . . .
on... .......
*getup ........
giveback......
'It
figureout. .. ..
gIve up. . . . . . . .
*go over. . . . . . . .
hand in.......
hang up . . . . . . ,
have Qn . . . . . . .
ask out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
call back. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
call in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
call off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*call on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
call up .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ..
*catch up (with) . . . . . . . . .
*check i~, check into. . . . .
*check into. . . . . . . . . . . . .
check out. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*check out (of) . . . . . . . . . .
cheer up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
clean up. . . . . . . .\. . . . . . .
*come acI'oss. . . . . . . . . . . .
cross out. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
cut ouC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A26 D Appendix 2
purpose
L *look after. . . . . .
*look into. . . . . .
cancel
look up . .. .. ..
register at a hotel
investigate
(1) take a book from the library; (2) investigate
leave a hotel
M makeup ......
P *pass away. . . . ~
pass out. . . . . . .
pick out. . . . . . .
pick up . . . . . . .
point out. . . . . .
meet by chance
draw a line through
stop an annoying activity
name after,nam
do over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doagain
*drop by, drop in (on) . . . . visit informally
drop off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . leave something/someone at a place
*drop out (of) . . . . . . . . . . . stop going to school, to a class, to a club, etc.
figure out.
by reasoning
fill O\lt
existsatisfactorily
getback.(from)
(1)returnfromaplace;(2)receiveagain
*get thro:ugh
............
*get up
finish
hook
have qn
. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
wear
/N
pickup
put
put
put
put
put
*put
away. . . . . .
back. . . . . .
off. . . . . . . .
on . . . . . . . .
out. . . . . . . .
up with. . . .
. . . . . . ..
. . . . . . ..
. . . . . . .. postpone
. . . . . . .. put clothes on one's body
. . . . . . .. extinguish a cigarette or cigar
. . . . . . .. tolerate
/
R *run into, *run across. . .. meetby chance
*run out (of). . . . . . . . . . . . finish a supply of something
up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
A28 0 Appendix 2
Tol
the
err,
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SINGULAR
WORD FF:
WORD CHO
VERBTENS
5+
ADD A WOF
5-
OMIT AWO
WORD ORD
INCOMPLE'