PHRASAL VERBS

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PHRASAL VERBS

• What are they?
• A phrasal verb has two parts
• A verb
• A preposition (at least one)

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VERB

PREPOSITION or PARTICLE
look make put take get run bring break tu
rn carry...
up on down out of over off out for...

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VERB

PREPOSITION or PARTICLE
look make put take get run bring break t
urn carry
for search
up invent
out extinguish
off leave the ground
over recover
out of have none left
up rear, educate
down collapse
up appear unexpectedly
on continue
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VERB PARTICLE PREPOSITION
keep up with
advance at the same pace
run out of
have none left
put up with
bear patiently
look forward to
expect with pleasure
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Separable phrasal verbs.

• When a phrasal verb has an object, this one has 2
  possible locations
• after the phrasal verb. He picked up the keys.
• between the phrasal verb and the preposition. He
  picked the keys up.
• But if the object is a pronoun, we have always to
  put it between the verb and the preposition.
  Hepicked them up.

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Phrasal verbs express a particular meaning
literal
idiomatic
Ive taken up golf.
Take off your jacket.
Put out the cat.
The car broke down.
Look at the picture.
Only 20 people turned up.
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PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING
PUT OUT
I always put out the cat at night.
Put out the cigarette, please.
(extinguish)
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PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING
PICK UP
Can you pick up the diskette for me, please? I
dropped it.
I picked up some new slang expressions while
watching that movie.
(learn)
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PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING
TAKE OFF
Take off that funny party hat. You look stupid in
it.
The plane took off 10 minutes ago.
(leave the ground)