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Phrasal Verbs
DEFINITION:
Phrasal Verbs are verbs with more than
one word. (Normally the verb followed by a
preposition or/and an adverb).
Examples: pick up, put down, turn on, turn
off
Phrasal verbs are also called 'two-part
verbs' and 'three-part verbs.'
Phrasal Verbs
Types:
There are two types of phrasal
verbs: separable and non separable
(that is the same as to say transitive or
intransitive).
Non separable phrasal verbs are
sometimes called 'inseparable.'
Phrasal Verbs
Non separable.
Rules:
Non separable (inseparable or
intransitive) phrasal verbs must
always remain together:
Example: take off = (non-sep) to depart
CORRECT: The plane took off at noon.
(verb + particle/preposition together)
INCORRECT: The plane took at
noon off. (both words MUST be together)
Phrasal Verbs
Separable.
Rules:
Separable (mainly transitive; the object is
involved) phrasal verbs can be written three
different ways:
Example: take off (sep) = to remove clothing
CORRECT: Sara took off her jacket. (verb +
particle together)
CORRECT: Sara took her jacket off. (verb +
particle separated by noun)
CORRECT: Sara took it off. (verb + particle
separated with a pronoun)
INCORRECT: Sara took off it. (the pronoun
MUST be in the middle)
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Prepositional verbs:
We say that a verb is prepositional when the particle is not
an adverb but a preposition. They can be distinguished
from the phrasal verbs for the following reasons:
1. The accent is on the verb, not on the particle.
I'll 'LOOK after the children.
2. If the object (substantive) is substituted by a pronoun,
it must be placed after the particle.
I'll look after THEM.
3. It is grammatically acceptable to include an adverb
between the verb and the particle.
I'll look CAREFULLY after the children.
4. The particle can be placed before a relative pronoun.
These are the children AFTER WHOM I looked
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Activities.
Phrasal Verb Practice -Assorted Verbs.
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